Francis Bacon Quotes
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And the American public was able to make up their own mind whether this verdict was a just verdict or not. So I think there's a lot of value in the public being able to see how the system works or doesn't work, so I think there's a definite value there.
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To write it, it took three months; to conceive it three minutes; to collect the data in it all my life.
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I have two doctors, my left leg and my right.
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I wrote my first song when I was six or seven, a silly little song. But I used to write poems in high school - not songs.
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It is always nice when you are honoured. The Lifetime award makes me feel old. I am only 55.
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Our dream as actors is to tell interesting stories about interesting people.
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Every true, eternal problem is an equally true, eternal fault; every answer an atonement, every realisation an improvement.
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I'm quite adept at writing two or sometimes even three stories at once. So if I get stuck on one story, I switch the next and let my subconscious work on unraveling any plot problems from another story.
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Granny beads are what they're called when a grandma works the garden all day - you always see them - they have a handkerchief around their neck with a lot of dust on them, and then the sweat will go down and make these black beads of sweat and dirt around their neck. And that's what they call granny beads.
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I just think that the Victoria's Secret girl values herself by the way she looks. And that might be linked with being healthy, but that's all it is, and it sets a negative example to other people.
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The fact that the internet is so active; people can now speak to me indirectly.
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As a writer, I wouldn't know how to not take things out of my life.
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As far as acting in films, there is not much out there that is very interesting to do. The ones that are interesting to me are independent films and they have trouble raising money. With people putting their money into blockbusters, there is not much left for the independents.
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One thing that did get me into a lot of different types of music was when I was very young, the local record store went out of business and they were selling off all the vinyl. I remember going in – I was probably 16 or 17 and I'd just gotten a record player as a present. It was like hitting the jackpot: all these records for $3 apiece.
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I don't write books inadvertently.
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Literature is a beautiful way of keeping the imagination alive, of visiting worlds you would never have time to in your day-to-day life. It keeps you abreast of a wider spectrum of human activities.
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No, my father passed away when I was 13 years old. I was very young.
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I think the least stereotypical gay character on television is probably Matt LeBlanc on 'Episodes.' He just plays it so straight-faced. They never talk about the fact that he's such a huge gay person.
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Jamaica full of ghetto, but boy, I tell you: me never see it like that.
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You can't go into business thinking that success will come to you in just one or two years.
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I start phone calls at 4 A.M. to cheer people up. The housebound, people in the hospital. People who, after decades, still can't get over what happened 10 or 15 years ago.
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Riches are for spending.
