Charlie Haden Quotes
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Sometimes I'd like to play the bad guy and sometimes I'd like to die in a movie.
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All movies aren't fun; some are hard work. You try to do something and convey a set of emotions that have to do with some real life kind of stuff.
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He told us he was going to take crime out of the streets. He did. He took it into the damn White House.
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You just can't control your art in the future.
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Writing a book for me, I expect, is very similar to the experience of reading the book for my readers.
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Investment in early education is not a Liberal or Conservative idea. Nor should it be decided along party lines.
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I was truly honored to work with legendary DJ and producer DJ Premier. I still can't believe I have a track with Premier; it really is one of the best songs I've written in a long time.
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I have got everything which a politician needs.
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I really like working in television and I like exploring a character over a longer period of time, and I like the consistency of television.
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In 2001, President George W. Bush was condemned for politicizing science with his decision to limit federal funding for stem-cell research; in 2009 President Obama was praised for reversing it, even though his decision was arguably just as political.
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Comedy and tragedy are two sides of the same coin. A talent in one area might also lead to a predisposition in the other.
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I'd been sending out demos and CDs for years. I knew my stuff was good enough, but I was getting nowhere. Then, three people - my future manager and two publishers - happened to send one of my tracks to EMI publishing in the same week. All of a sudden, they were interested!
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Of living creatures, business men are nearest sane; their philosophy is as accurate as their multiplication table.
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I like sex. I've had feedback but men will feed you back anything, won't they?
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I hired finishers because I’m a good starter and a poor finisher.
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Diwali means family, so either I go down to Bangalore, or my family comes to Mumbai. I always ensure I take a few days off.
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I get to use fiction as a way to work out my thinking and to delight readers in the process. I can't think of any deal that's better for me, and I'm always so grateful that readers have indulged me as I argue with myself in my stories.
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I mean, on the food chain, do instruments really rate? I don't think so.
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Marx and Engels never talked about murdering the bourgeois. According to the old bourgeois concept, the judges were the ones who judged, and the executioners were the ones who executed.
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I like horror movies, they're fun. It was the most fun I've had on a movie set.
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That was very close to getting killed. Usually at pop festivals we have people jumping on stage.
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What bothered me most about chick lit, frankly, was how the term was used to dismiss a huge chunk of the bookstore as silly, girlish prattle.
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I decided after my last divorce to marry myself.
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Bluegrass is in my blood and in my ears.
