Marion Barry Quotes
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I've made up little mantras for myself, catchphrases from a screenwriting book that doesn't exist. One is 'Write the movie you'd pay to go see.' Another is 'Never let a character tell me something that the camera can show me.'
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More than once, I've wished my real life had a delete key.
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I am not an autobiographical writer.
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I'm so happy to be in a committed relationship.
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I know I can't plan in this business, but I'm going to keep going as long as I keep getting close... So far, I feel lucky and infinitely grateful for the successes that I've had. I'm just going to keep working hard, and whatever happens, happens.
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Whenever I go to L.A., the make-up artist or hairdresser will end up having a conversation about how fat they think they are, and I really just can't take it seriously at all.
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It is enough for a poet to be the guilty conscience of his age.
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I feel the art world in New York has a stronger following than Britain. If you go to a New York art district on a Saturday morning, it will be so busy with families and openings - art is much more ingrained in the culture.
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I always wanted to be in a boy band since I was a kid.
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If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.
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I think the first role I ever played was Mr. Bumble in a production of 'Oliver.'
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I know a lot of people who transitioned and dropped out of society for two years. They don't talk to anybody. They become hermits. They try to do everything alone.
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I've always loved improv. It's my thing.
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It was a good chance for us to play for people who would never have heard us otherwise.
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I was meant to be a composer and will be I'm sure. Don't ask me to try to forget this unpleasant thing and go play football – please.
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The person who dumps garbage into your mind will do you considerably more harm than the person who dumps garbage on your floor, because each load of mind garbage negatively impacts your possibilities and lowers your expectations.
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Many classrooms are overcrowded, and splitting the class into smaller groups gives the children more one on one attention.
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I was sad and in a dark place, and I turned to a hobby to sort of take me out of that.
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Jazz musicians, in a way, are nerds. We are so in our world.
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I am as hungry now as I was when I began in the sport. If anything, I am probably a bit hungrier. It is because I know there are fewer tomorrows than yesterdays.
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We did it with their government’s foreknowledge and permission, of course-and there were no civilian casualties, equally of course. Once they’re dead they’re rebels.
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Most of my songs aren't about me. They're about stuff I've seen.
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When you know more, you can do more.
