Christopher Guest Quotes
They sell these golf aids that attach to your knee and your head and are supposed to keep your swing correct. It's futile beyond belief. I've never bought any, but I could watch those ads for 24 hours straight. People with straight faces saying this thing will take strokes off your game - that's my peculiar obsession.
Quotes to Explore
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It is a growing process. You can't just like beer. You have to start somewhere and learn the different flavors.
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When I was in the private sector, I found it immensely useful to go out and talk to customers and co-workers.
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The 'Room 93' EP was just kind of picking apart the sense of voyeurism and the sense of isolation and turning it into, essentially, a little black book and reflecting on - at that time - 19 years of me forming relationships with people.
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You look in my room and it looks neat enough, but if you dared to look under my bed or in my closet, oh what a mess!
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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Honestly, I find the analysis of dreams is one of the dullest things. I say this as a therapist kid. I find them deeply uninteresting, as a window to the soul.
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Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.
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Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.
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It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'
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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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The importance of satire is bringing more people to the table. There are a lot of average citizens who aren't interested in politics and would be more interested if it's brought to them in a comedic, funny, satirical way.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.
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Know your priorities and identify the five powerful action steps that you intend to take to move your initiatives forward each day. If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually, the tree has to fall down.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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I love yoga and hiking - I think that's the perfect combo.
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We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the game.
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Stay true to your own voice, and don't worry about needing to be liked or what anybody else thinks. Keep your eyes on your own paper.
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If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.
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The difference between Oprah Winfrey and me is about $200 million.
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Sometimes to move forward you have to let go. I figured that out through opening myself up, allowing people into my creative process. It allowed me to write songs that surprised me, and in fact, inspired me.
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They sell these golf aids that attach to your knee and your head and are supposed to keep your swing correct. It's futile beyond belief. I've never bought any, but I could watch those ads for 24 hours straight. People with straight faces saying this thing will take strokes off your game - that's my peculiar obsession.
