Mat Kearney Quotes
I think, in a lot of ways, hip-hop is interesting to me because it's like the modern-day folk music.
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
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Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.
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Anytime you interfere with a natural process, you're playing God. God determines what happens naturally. That means when a person's ill, he shouldn't go to a doctor because he's asking for interference with God's will. But of course, patients can't think that way.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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I found one had to do some work every day, even at midnight, because either you're professional or you're not.
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My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.
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Yoghurt cuts sweetness and richness, tempers spice, and makes a dish sing.
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There's no regrets for me.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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Arianna Huffington has exercised her renowned wisdom to give journalism another boost along the ever busier Internet. Her blog site promises to be an interesting challenge for those of us lucky enough to be invited to participate with our occasional contributions.
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If we were truly in the studio making a record, it would have been more time consuming, and certainly I would have been more involved in the writing process.
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My original name was Juaquin, and my cousin couldn't pronounce my name right. So he'd just be saying 'Waka! Waka!' So when I was younger, I used to always laugh, then my man Gucci gave me the rest of the name.
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I am happy to donate funds to various organizations that help people in need.
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The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.
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Directors, producers can make you look good or make you look bad.
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Sexual dreams aren't usually about sex.
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I have a superhero complex. If I see anything bad happen, I run towards it, rather idiotically because, after all, what could I do?
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I love the produce section at the grocery store.
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It's difficult to believe that Al Gore was oblivious to the existing laws. He has to respond at some point.
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I guess the biggest difference between me and many of today's female graduate students is that a lot of them were raised by mothers with careers, and they got college degrees studying with female professors. Both of those factors make the enterprise of educating yourself for a serious profession seem feasible.
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I think it's such a powerful thing: Words and melodies, and you put them together. I couldn't really picture a world without music. It would be quite boring.
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Starting in 98 when I was researching Traffic, I got to meet really serious people in Washington, which for a screenwriter was kind of a great gift. And I really valued these guys; I stayed in touch with them, and I find their point-of-view quite interesting.
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I think, in a lot of ways, hip-hop is interesting to me because it's like the modern-day folk music.
