Christopher Guest Quotes
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Hair is a huge part of who I am and what I obsess over - I've had long hair my entire life.
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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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No one can make the most of himself until he looks upon his life as a magnificent possibility, the materials for a great masterpiece, to mar or spoil which would be a great tragedy.
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I don't know of a soul who packed more living into 72 years than Charles Lindbergh did.
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All you should try to do is behave with honour. If you can. At all times.
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I have always despised people who thought they were better than others, and I made a promise to myself that I'd never turn into that kind of person. My family also helps to keep me grounded. Whenever I get a 'diva moment,' as they like to call it, they let me know it and say, 'Stop acting like a diva!' They're pretty good at it, too.
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Remember, the choices we make today shape the people we become tomorrow.
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I'm slammed with an identity that can no longer say a word; mute with responsibility.
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Authenticity is a virtue. But just as you can have too little authenticity, you can also have too much.
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London, from the architecture to the culture to the fashion to the accents, feels like it's a special place.
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I think gardens are fantastic, and I'd love to draw and design and stuff like that. I love just planting flowers during the summer. There's something very humble about it, and natural and beautiful.
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The peak of a career can only last so long. You go up and you try to maintain it. But, it can only last so long and then you're going to go down.
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Hillary Clinton will always be there for you. And just remember - there's a special place in hell for women who don't help each other.
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I've learned a lot of tricks from working with a lot of great producers over the years, and I think I should write a book about it!
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I don't think a lot of bands and artists work as hard as we do on the creation, on the writing, the arrangements and the recording in our format.
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The whole year I was in LA I got into telemarketing and learned how to make money. Five years later that skill helped me make my first film.
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Philanthropy without scale and sustainability is like any other bad business that will simply wither and die on the vine.
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Documentaries are a powerful and effective way of bridging the gap between worlds, breaking through to new audiences that wouldn't otherwise be engaged - in essence, not preaching to the choir.
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I, who do not believe in socialized health-care, would advocate a single-payment system... because it will get this monster that we've created out of the economy and allow the rest of capitalism to flourish without the awful things that healthcare is doing to us.
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A play is not a tweet. It can't be compressed and embedded, and it definitely can't be delivered apologetically.
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It is not history, theology or mythology that interest me. It is the fact that history, theology or mythology could have alternative interpretations or explanations. I try to connect the dots between the past and the present.
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What exactly is your 'fair share' of what 'someone else' has worked for?
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It has been claimed by many that Freethought does away with churches, creeds, Christs and even a God. So it does to a certain extent, but not as feared by Christians. Freethought has never said pull down your churches, burn up your creeds, crucify your savior or reject your god. No one ever knew a Freethinker to try to make laws to control people. All their efforts have been the other way, trying to tear down laws already made which control by "Thou shalt" and "thou shalt not."
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I'm married to the person I fell in love with.
