Carlisle Floyd Quotes
Like any other composer of opera, I choose a subject not for polemical reasons, but because it contains vivid characters in highly charged dramatic situations.
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May the soul of the late President Milton Obote... a long-time member of this parliament, rest in peace.
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Nothing external to you has any power over you.
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Are we going to solve the issue of poverty? Absolutely not. Are we going to have an impact? I'm committed to it, and if we don't, I'll have no regrets because we're going to try everything we can.
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There is no button that you push and the next day you become independent.
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Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure.
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Memorising my lines is actually something I do fairly well. I look at it a few times and it is pretty much there. When your shooting on TV, they do it in such a way that it is pretty easy.
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I should say many things. Mexico has been one of the losers of the 20th century. We tried many different alternatives to development and unfortunately we have 40 percent of the population poor; we have a per capita income that is extremely low.
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Actually, I am a golfer. That is my real occupation. I never was an actor. Ask anybody, particularly the critics.
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Self-hatred is OK. I have self-hatred, too. It's OK. What's bad is if you don't know how to get out of it, don't know how to manage it. Self-hatred is, in fact, a good thing if you can clearly see the mechanism of it, because it helps you to understand others.
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Stand-up will always be my first love, and it has been the primary way I've expressed myself since I was 17.
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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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I remember starting out and covering songs.
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I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.
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My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.
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I never go to temples, but when I see a child, I see God in them.
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Going out at night and having a fabulous social life takes a lot out of you, and I don't know if I have that much to give, honestly. I would rather give that time to my kids or spend that time reading a book or watching a film. I am selfish and lazy.
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I'd never stop traveling, and I love bringing my family along with me. My children have points of reference everywhere, friends from Milan to Los Angeles. I think it's really fun for them.
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Kristen Stewart always looks good - she wears what she wants. It's the same with Alison Mosshart - she chooses clothes that she loves rather than what she thinks she should wear.
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I was a disadvantaged child from a non-educated family, yet I had the advantage of being in the company of great teachers.
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When I was little, I got into a little accident, and it gave me congenital glaucoma in both of my eyes.
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You think you choose the subjects of your books. But sometimes, in ways you don't know, the books choose you.
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I love performing in front of an audience. I like the questions; I like controversy.
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I like performing live more than anything. I get a little bit afraid in the studio.
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Like any other composer of opera, I choose a subject not for polemical reasons, but because it contains vivid characters in highly charged dramatic situations.
