Christopher Guest Quotes
I get asked, 'Who would you really like to work with?' I'm already working with them. Smart, talented, funny people, good musicians, an extended family, good friends.
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And the American public was able to make up their own mind whether this verdict was a just verdict or not. So I think there's a lot of value in the public being able to see how the system works or doesn't work, so I think there's a definite value there.
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There have been numerous tips and numerous people offering advice. I appreciate it because it all comes with good feelings from the heart. But some of it we'll apply, and some things we won't.
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Some people really like to get into Twitter, but it's not my thing.
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The reason I decided to run for Senate is one of my responsibilities as governor is to make sure that the voices of our people and our small businesses in New Hampshire are heard in Washington and that we continue to make the type of progress we're making here at the state level; we need that same type of response and progress in Washington.
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When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.
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I want to describe the psychological state of the people in a certain city.
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I want to work with different people, and I would like to work in different places.
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I don't believe in a lot of schmoozing and buttering up. Not that you don't become friends in work. But I think it's a misconception that you have to do a lot of hanging before you work.
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The hype man's job is to get everybody out of their seats and on the dance floor to have a good time.
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There are half a billion people that listen to music online and the vast majority are doing so illegally. But if we bring those people over to the legal side and Spotify, what is going to happen is we are going to double the music industry and that will lead to more artists creating great new music.
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If I get a script that's set in the jungle it goes to the bottom of the pile because I don't think the playgrounds are going to be very good there! I'm really aware of how lucky I am but I have the kind of job where I can bring my child to work.
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The fact of leaving one's country, one's family, one's roots, can be painful. My father had already found his place, but for us, for my mother, it was very difficult to get our bearings.
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As wonderful as being on stage is, family comes first.
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I always say, one way to connect with a working mother is to ask her what she has done before work that day!
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I have to practice to be good at guitar. I have to write 100 songs before you write the first good one.
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I'm more interested in having a place to work out my voice and my body than I am in having furniture.
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We can find a great sector or business, but we're investing so early that unless there's this tenacious grit, determination, resourcefulness, ability to evolve, it won't work.
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Trying to design the perfect plan is the perfect recipe for disappointment.
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One can say all they want about politicians, but politicians to other politicians, their word is almost always good.
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It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself.
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The human mind can no more produce an original thought than a tree can bear an original fruit. As well might one cry for an original note in music as expect an original idea from a human brain. One wishes our friends, the critics, would grasp this simple truth, and leave off clamoring for the impossible, and being shocked because they do not get it.
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I enjoy editing when I'm directing, but when someone else is directing, that's their film to cut.
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My first responsibility is to keep America safe.
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I get asked, 'Who would you really like to work with?' I'm already working with them. Smart, talented, funny people, good musicians, an extended family, good friends.
