Carlisle Floyd Quotes
The artist is something of an outsider in America. I have always felt that America does not value its artists, certainly not in the sense that the Europeans do.
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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Look at how hard it was to get to where I am. It doesn't make sense to give it up.
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My dad played guitar, and he taught me enough to play some Beatles' songs. But primarily, I was a bookworm. I loved reading and still do. My whole family does. It was part of the family culture. Accomplished literacy was a value.
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There are lots of people who haven't been to drama school who have great talent and can be discovered.
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We had something very special in the Faces. We were blessed to have the fun we had.
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My basic feeling about military intervention is that it should be a last resort, undertaken only to stave off large-scale bloodshed.
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Just as we might take Darwin as an example of the normal extraverted thinking type, the normal introverted thinking type could be represented by Kant. The one speaks with facts, the other relies on the subjective factor. Darwin ranges over the wide field of objective reality, Kant restricts himself to a critique of knowledge.
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My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.
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I toured a lot in the U.K. and Europe solo for a lack of funds, really. I left people I'd been playing with for years at home, just because I couldn't afford it.
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I hope to continue building my acting career and work more on projects that fulfill my artistic thirst.
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Whatever I know how to do, I've already done. Therefore I must always do what I do not know how to do.
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I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.
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Comedy is a tool of togetherness. It's a way of putting your arm around someone, pointing at something, and saying, 'Isn't it funny that we do that?' It's a way of reaching out.
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War triggers unforeseeable military dynamics and sets off massive political shocks, creating new problems as well as new opportunities.
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When you're making a pilot, what you're mostly thinking is, 'Please let this be a real job, please.'
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All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.
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Of course the United States and Russia have different interests. Nevertheless, both are strategic partners.
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The symbolic value of having an African-American president has certainly eased some racial tensions in America, but they're not gone.
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People behind the Iron curtain have such an incredible image of America and jazz. I expected to find a Gerry Mulligan or Miles Davis on every corner...I almost expected a Shorty Rogers to deliver the milk, a Bud Shank to be the mailman.
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Seeing the show is like a visit to the fountain of youth for parents and the children.
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I would rather be tough on myself than have other people be tough on me.
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Now, the president would like to do tax reform, which would obviously lower rates for most people in America and make the tax code fair and get rid of loopholes and special treatment. But absent tax reform, the president believes the right way to get our fiscal house in order is ask the wealthy to pay their fair share.
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To lose your last remaining parent is the toughest thing. It is a very lonely thing.
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The artist is something of an outsider in America. I have always felt that America does not value its artists, certainly not in the sense that the Europeans do.
