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I want to know why I read as a child with such a frantic appetite, why I sucked the words off the page with such an edge of desperation.
It was actually the enormous risks I took with my pictures, skating right up to the edge of non-acceptance, that paid off so handsomely.
I was always drawn to darker sounds, things with an edge and a little bit of grit, things that have a lot of emotion and a lot of drive.
Sometimes I worry about things changing and people not liking me any more. As a comedian you do feel like you're walking on a knife edge.
I listened a little to punk when I was younger, but it was straight edge punk. It was nothing like what is going on now, like poppy punk.
I think we all have our own mission, duty, fate in life so for me somehow I think I am always walking on the edge of life and take risks.
Punk rock and straight edge will always be married together. As far as me integrating that with wrestling, I learned a lot from punk rock.
There's nothing like living a little close to the edge that gets you motivated to ensure that you get the credentials you need to succeed.
That's one of the ironies of our time: Right when we're on the edge of serious improvements in health care, we're also cooking the planet.
I've always liked artists like Chris Burden, who would take performances, put them in galleries, and then do things that were on the edge.
Only a good actor has an edge over a weak actor. A hardworking actor has an edge over a lazy actor. Nationality has nothing to do with it.
I think the people who are making Christmas-themed movies today feel that people are more cynical about Christmas. There's more of an edge.
If you run a business that isn't cutting edge or doesn't naturally stick out of the crowd, it's your job to be different and get attention.
Now there is so much expertise and brainpower it's hard to be at the cutting edge of what's cool and not do something that's totally geeky.
There is a percentage of people who want to be a little bit outside their comfort zone and I am one of them, someone who lives on the edge.
I have to tell you, virtually every country I've gone to, the Catholic church is on the cutting edge of social change. Really extraordinary.
Much as soldiers come back, they've been in combat or the edge of it and suddenly that adjustment back to civilian life is a real challenge.
Touring is really about being on edge the whole time - you're like a racing horse: you've just got to be on. You've got to pull it together.
Often times, when you find an edge, it's not for very long. People figure it out, so you have to try and exploit it, quickly, while you can.
There is no prize in sales for second place. It's win or nothing. The masters know this and strive for - they fight for - that winning edge.
We know that the nation that goes all-in on innovation today will own the global economy tomorrow. This is an edge America cannot surrender.
When people take risks and it's not rewarded, in the case of 'Mirror's Edge,' it's makes it harder for others to be comfortable taking risks.
If there's any profit to be had in Nashville-Underground, it's very long term. We're not about money, which gives us an edge over the labels.
I want to explore my boundaries. I want to push myself and go right to the edge of what I am capable of. I don't want to ever be comfortable.
I don't want to sit by the edge, like some other guys who have played their game. Earned money, have nice lifestyles, and don't say anything.
I want to work with guys like Rey Mysterio, The Undertaker, Edge and have good feuds and do entertaining stuff, and I know I'm capable of it.
I learned it was crucial to play right on the edge of the beat... It makes you drive the song more. You're ahead of the beat, but you're not.
As the middle begins to feel safe enough to accept some of the so-called radical thinking, ideas move to the middle and a new edge is created.
It's always the gay people, the outliers, who are the cutting edge, and god bless these people! And to everyone else, wake up. See what's new!
Anything is better than sitting around waiting for the right movie to come along. I lose my edge when I'm sitting around the pool not working.
The research rat of the future allows experimentation without manipulation of the real world. This is the cutting edge of modeling technology.
Once you begin shooting, Bollywood actors get totally involved in their roles, and that gives you an edge in getting what you want out of them.
I think that continuity is the most important way to create a city that functions properly and has a competitive edge in the international era.
Climbing is wildly diverse, ranging from the rock-climbing wall at the local health club to the cutting edge of major Himalayan Alpine ascents.
As soon as I got hurt Kurt Angle reached out to me, Steve Austin reached out to me, and Edge, who I already had a pretty good relationship with.
Progressive leaders always try to take action on the forward edge of that movement, movement toward greater respect for the equal rights of all.
I'm always interested in trying to stay on the cutting edge of television storytelling. To be slightly in front, pushing for the next new thing.
I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.
I went to WWE to prove something. I had to go through Steve Austin, the Undertaker, Edge; I had to go through all of those guys to prove myself.
Mistakes can happen. Sometimes they can build up over the course of an innings and put people even more on edge, which makes it snowball further.
I was very into making the Big Artistic Statement - it had to be innovative; it had to be cutting edge. I was desperately keen on being original.
At the age of seventeen, I left school. I went to university, and I wrote my first attempts at poetry in a room in a flat at the edge of the city.
I had an edge in 'Andhadhun' because, being a musician, I knew how to play a guitar, so it was not difficult for me to learn a musical instrument.
My final historical romance came out December 2005. While I enjoyed writing medieval romances, I was also dying to write something with more edge.
I have a lot of Breton striped top and silk shirts that always feel good. I also like things with a masculine edge and dislike anything too girly.
Finnish companies tend to be very traditional, not taking many risks. Silicon Valley is completely different: people here really live on the edge.
I think most short story writers, at one time or another, over the course of several books, naturally skirt near the edge of one genre or another.
I am a variety machine; I look for variety in my characters, and an extra edge in the characterisation helps in bringing out a better performance.
I don't really recognise success. I don't see myself as on an upwardly mobile trajectory. I see myself as on the edge of a cliff about to fall off.
It's harder to play drums than guitar, physically. I'm always kind of on the edge. I guess that's how I play everything: on the edge of my ability.