Charlie Haden Quotes
We're here to bring beauty to the world and make a difference in this planet. That's what art forms are about.

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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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I would like to see America some day.
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I cannot go to Montreal without going to Beauty's, my favorite place for breakfast, where I have the Mish-Mash omelet with hot dogs, salami, eggs, green peppers, and onions, and the best banana bread in the world. It's legendary!
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.
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I'm lucky enough to do what I like for work - not everyone's that fortunate.
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It's time to face facts: Most people stop being environmentalists when they sit down to eat.
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What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
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The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.
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When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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Time has changed and now is the age of spending.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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I think a lot of us feel the need to always be connected, and finding time to relax and sometimes play is something that I think we all need to make more time for, especially me.
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What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past.
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Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good.
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I connect with people on a daily basis.
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As investors, we want to believe we are smart, insightful and uniquely talented - even though we often fail to do the heavy lifting, put in the long hours, and make the uncomfortable but necessary decisions to achieve success.
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You can't love a library of e-books. You can't furnish a room with e-books.
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Jesus came to seek and to save the lost. He is the Seeker; we are the ones who are running.
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What do you think an artist is? ...he is a political being, constantly aware of the heart breaking, passionate, or delightful things that happen in the world, shaping himself completely in their image. Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war.
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There is no greater nobility than offering one’s life to the nation and, Mr. President, your father offered his life so that this nation might be free.
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The work that I feel is most authentically mine is the one that is my first reaction, the first thing that feels like the truth. In aggregate, those choices, those series of decisions, create your point of view, your visual language.
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We're here to bring beauty to the world and make a difference in this planet. That's what art forms are about.