Bernhard Langer Quotes
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Comedy's really subjective, you know; that's why it's so hard.
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I went through a stage of writing my cramped hand in tiny books. My two sisters and I did have our Bronte period. My mum is from Yorkshire, and we would go up to the Moors. It tapped into our romantic visions of ourselves.
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It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.
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I just consider myself an artist. I don't really rap. I don't really sing. I just do what I feel is good, and people like it.
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My younger brother's death in Vietnam was both sobering and cause for reflection. In 'Fallen Angels' I wanted to dispel the notion of war as either romantic or simplistically heroic.
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It's my approach as a filmmaker always to go in, not with a thesis or preconceived notion, but with curiosity and questions and inquiry. So in some way, I'm always surprised. I'm always finding paths of engagement.
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We all grew up, our grandmothers and mothers had about three channels to watch, so we watched those soaps and now, a generation has grown up with the Internet and computers and video games.
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Often I choose characters who express not my best self, but the sides of me I haven't developed or haven't expressed.
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Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power to that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared.
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The principle of Sturgeon's Razor states that the simplest answer to any problem is 90% crap.
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Are Christians too stupid that we can't write a script, we can't film a movie OR we don't know how to act?
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I'm more comfortable performing in front of 50,000 people than five people - it's easier. When there's that many people, I feel like I'm alone. When I perform in front of only a few people, it's scary.
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My advice to young wrestlers is that your surroundings really make a difference. You want to put yourself in good, positive surroundings.
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Power calls to those who are hungry for power, and there are hungry idiots everywhere.
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There are no withdrawal symptoms yet (post retirement in 1992). I'm enjoying the feeling of being faltu.
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If you think dope is for kicks and for thrills, you’re out of your mind. There are more kicks the fuck to be had in a good case of paralytic polio or by living in an iron lung. If you think you need stuff to play music or sing, you’re crazy. It can fix you so you can’t play nothing or sing nothing.
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My motto is, 'What's the hurry?' I'm trying to get it across to the modern world that we need to sit around and think a little bit more.
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All religions promise a reward for excellences of the will or heart, but none for excellences of the head or understanding.
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I'm a fan of making things that I've seen but couldn't purchase, or things I bought that didn't fit the way I like.
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Looking at various means of developing compassion, I think empathy is an important factor: the ability to appreciate others' suffering.
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My interest in making music has been to create something that does not exist that I would like to listen to. I wanted to hear music that had not yet happened, by putting together things that suggested a new thing which did not yet exist.
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We need examples of people who, leaving Heaven to decide whether they are to rise in the world, decide for themselves that they will be happy in it, and have resolved to seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity; making the first of possessions, self-possession; and honouring themselves in the harmless pride and calm pursuits of peace.
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The rules of engagement are totally different when you're on the homefront.
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I'm nervous when I play in the Masters or most other tournaments.
