Christopher Guest Quotes
I've been fortunate. I get to write films. I get to write music in films. I get to play arenas wearing a wig.
Quotes to Explore
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It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it.
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I don't think I knew that you could be a novelist. I think a lot of my students are in the same condition. I thought it was unreachable, that it was sort of dead people. It took me a long time - I think I was well into novel writing before I really thought, 'Actually, this is a valid pastime.'
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If I'm going to change, my life and experiences should change me for the wiser and more profound.
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To be honest, once you've driven around for about five, 10 laps, you don't notice a difference.
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The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.
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When it comes to power, God Himself is the power. God often uses foolish things to confound the wise. That is why people like me will ever be grateful to God. In terms of knowledge, education and name, I am nowhere - a neglected stone.
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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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No one can make me work harder than I do, so I'm generally not interested in who I am competing with.
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
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I didn't particularly like being objectified.
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I think I can regard myself as a political decision-maker.
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The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read.
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The presumption of innocence, the benefit of the doubt, walking without worrying - these should not be hallmarks of white privilege. They are human rights - human rights - that should be enjoyed by all.
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Selling is something we do for our clients - not to our clients.
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The Establishment center... has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history. That war is a moral and political disaster - a terrible cancer eating away at the soul of our nation.
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I feel like I've started to grow up and be more of a woman instead of this crazy girl.
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I gave in to the idea of paying attention to what you like and letting it help you make better stuff.
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It is a gruesome Disneyland. Nobody is cute there.
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I'm telling you a lie in a vicious effort that you will repeat my lie over and over until it becomes true
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I've been fortunate. I get to write films. I get to write music in films. I get to play arenas wearing a wig.
