Charlie Haden Quotes
That's the thing about musicians: The priority is to create something new that's never been before. And you put your life on the line every time that you play.
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I kind of found a niche for myself after 'Firefly'. I found something that I enjoyed doing and that I did well, but as far as how I seek out a part, it's always different. It's always something that lights you on fire when you read it. It might be just one scene, it might be one line that defines the character for you.
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There have been a lot of exercises and I've had to force myself to go out for walks even when I didn't feel like it, but apart from that, I am a lot better.
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The business is so international now; you'll be working on an American film, and you'll start chatting to someone, and it's like: 'Oh, you're English, too.'
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If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money.
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A lot of things and a lot of money is involved in a movie. It is very upsetting when a movie doesn't fare well at the box-office.
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I would take plays and I would cut out all the other dialogue and make long monologues because I felt the other kids weren't taking it as seriously as I did.
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I don't think being a writer who is religious means you have to write about nothing but religion. When I do write about religion, it's to inform the story, not to push a certain agenda.
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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I had never really felt settled in Brooklyn. I think it had to do with growing up in New Jersey and being someone who her whole life wanted to live in the city, and the city meant Manhattan.
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Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.
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I consider everybody who takes themselves seriously to be a little bit off. And Silicon Valley seems to be the most effusive about how important their contributions are to society.
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I love having wine with my meals. And if I splurge, I'm going to splurge big, because if I deny my cravings, it just ends up backfiring on me, you know?
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For economist the real world is often a special case.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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I've never seen anything so abhorrent in my life as Harry Reid. He's an equal opportunity basher. He goes after everybody, and I think it has been so, frankly, disgusting.
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I stayed in the ghetto. Then I stayed in condos, then I stayed in penthouses, and then I stayed in mansions.
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The thing that bothers me about journalism is the false equivalency we sometimes place on certain issues.
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It wasn't until after I was reelected in 1982 that I thought of myself as a long-term member of Congress.
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Religion can be both good and bad - it is spirituality that counts.
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The greatest evils in the world will not be carried out by men with guns, but by men in suits sitting behind desks
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A pair of bright eyes with a dozen glances suffice to subdue a man; to enslave him, and enflame him; to make him even forget; they dazzle him so that the past becomes straightway dim to him; and he so prizes them that he would give all his life to possess 'em.
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The comedians who I admire that are really good, they always take it to a deep psychological place.
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There's almost 70 billion in square feet under construction in high rises in commercial, residential and light manufacturing. And we estimate about 30 billion square feet, and that's with a 'B,' is commercial, that we would just consider office space. To put that in perspective, that's a 5x5-foot cubicle for every man, woman and child in China.
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That's the thing about musicians: The priority is to create something new that's never been before. And you put your life on the line every time that you play.
