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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I joined PETA for minks and dogs. I need my beef, my chicken, my seafood.
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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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Your first big trouble can be a bonanza if you live through it. Get through the first trouble, and you'll probably make it through the next one.
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I don't go to record stores to look at my albums, but it's always a thrill to see them.
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The most important thing is that, when you work with somebody, you build a rapport with that person. They have a certain trust in you. You don't have to explain that much. It's very hard when you photograph someone who's a fresh face and then you don't work with them again for six months. All these people I work with over and over again have qualities that I love. There's something very free about them or there are some slight imperfections about them. I think the more you work with someone, the pictures get better and better.
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But then acting is all about faking. We're all very good at faking things that we have no competence with.
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I'm nervous when I play in the Masters or most other tournaments.
