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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What again I tell my people is that no matter how much you know, it's never enough. You will always discover, after the fact, that you've missed something.
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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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Nothing can be sadder or more profound than to see a thousand things for the first and last time.
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Sci-fi fans really have a commitment to the characters even as much as the actors do. There's a synergy between making television and who gets to watch it.
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I asked Darrell Royal, the coach of the Texas Longhorns, why he didn't recruit me and he said: 'Well, Walt, we took a look at you and you weren't any good.'
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The best test of the quality of a civilization is the quality of its leisure.
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When you know more, you can do more.
