Charles Frazier Quotes
People who are isolated interest me, whether they isolate themselves or have been isolated by circumstances.
Quotes to Explore
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When I was travelling in Rajasthan people were waving hands, and it felt like I was visiting my own constituency.
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'Skins' is about a group of teenagers in Bristol, and it's all about what they get up to and all the different things they do. I think it's a good show because it's come from a very real place, and there's a lot of young people involved in the writing.
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I don't know if I'm selfless - I still want to make a great record. I want to make a hit record. I want to tour; that's not completely selfless. But the truth is I'm not interested in people coming to my show for me as much as I am for them coming to my show for themselves. That's always been how I am.
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There have been interviews with people saying they are jealous of Kangana. There are so many people who are jealous of my success.
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The essential relationship across American history between black people and white people is one of exploitation and one of plunder. This is not, you know, necessarily about, you know, whether you're a good person or not or whether you see black people, you know, on the street, and you're willing to shake their hands and be polite.
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I went to my son's graduation this weekend, and I heard a great quote I've never heard before from Albert Einstein. It was that the greatest danger to the world is not the bad people but it's the good people who don't speak out.
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There's book smart, there is street smart, there's relationship smart, there's too many different kinds of smarts to know all of them. Everybody doesn't know every kind of smart. There's money smart, there's movie smart, there's computer smart. There's just too many different kinds of smarts for people to know all the smarts.
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The death of chief justice Rehnquist and the president's nomination of John Roberts raises the stakes for the court and the American people exponentially.
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Don't ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world, it's the only thing that ever has.
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I want to be an inspirational model. I want people to look at me and say, 'Wow, she looks healthy.'
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I actually hope people don't react to 'Impossible' in a way where they think it's terribly retro. The plot needed to do what it needed to do. But I'm a little surprised to find myself looking a little bit like an advocate of teen marriage. It takes some exceptional circumstances for that to be a reasonable idea.
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It was a lovely opportunity for the first time in my whole career to stand up and thank people who are really responsible for me getting to realize my dreams.
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When I used to go to Elvis's house was always a nightmare trying to get into the house because of so many fans outside the gate and he really couldn't go anywhere without sneaking in or doing something because people just wanted to be around him and to be with him.
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One of the things about my ministry is that I have never branded myself as being above the people or superior to people.
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I love it when people travel to see one of my works, and I always make time to meet and talk with them.
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Some people are born strong or stretchy, or with a tungsten will.
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Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.
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People don't just love mysteries. They are obsessed with them - especially the kind that are never definitively solved.
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Always when I directed the play, I was always trying to cast people not who were necessarily like the characters, but people who I felt had the essential component that the character had, some kind of soul for it.
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living in Los Angeles was like being an extra in a movie that was starring other people entirely.
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To get ready to climb Everest, I did a lot of hill running with a daypack on and a lot of underwater swimming. I would swim a couple of lengths underwater and then a couple above. It gets your body going with limited oxygen.
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Literature births activists.
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My heroes were never scientists. They were Graham Greene and Christopher Isherwood, you know, good writers.
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People who are isolated interest me, whether they isolate themselves or have been isolated by circumstances.
