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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If any human being is to reach full maturity both the masculine and feminine sides of the personality must be brought up into consciousness.
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Their every instinct - and I have to say this is without exception - is to iron out the bumps, and It's always the bumps that are the most interesting stuff.
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What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat?
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I am the sort of athlete who participates in a lot of winter sports - basketball, for example, is an activity that I'll spend many hours a week watching.
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I really, really want to go to Paris. I've never been.
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Self-publishing is fine. But in a world of self-publishing, where everything is about what you get on the back end, there's a serious disincentive from embarking on really important, vital projects.
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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.
