Chris Kirkpatrick Quotes
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Seventy years old! How did that happen? I was part of the generation that wasn't going to die.
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In my memoir, I admit that I've been as fearful of success as of failure. In fact, when 'Passages' was published, I so dreaded bad reviews that I ran away to Italy with a girlfriend and our children to hide out.
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I can write all the way through the morning, when my mind is clear, and there are no distractions.
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I never wanted to be a director. I came into this industry by the little door, so I never learned anything; I never went to school. Actors will tell you I'm very precise. I just have the intuition of doing things.
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As far as acting in films, there is not much out there that is very interesting to do. The ones that are interesting to me are independent films and they have trouble raising money. With people putting their money into blockbusters, there is not much left for the independents.
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People, in whatever walk of life, would be surprised if they just gave themselves a chance by believing in what they are.
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When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.
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Everything I do today is because of what I did when I was 14.
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No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures. No ascetic can be considered reliably sane.
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I made a point when I made the Ugly Casanova record to not write a song and then say, 'This is a Modest Mouse song' or 'This is an Ugly Casanova song.' The people who were open to it not being a Modest Mouse record liked it.
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I'm not exactly in a position where I get to be super-picky about the roles I get. But I would also never want to be a part of something that I think is poor in taste or doesn't align with what I believe in.
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Something I stand for is being brave enough to invest in creative ideas that I firmly believe in and bringing those to life.
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There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.
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You may think it's very presumptuous, but I really hope that my movies are going to turn people into better people.
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We will work to bring an element of stability to the price of oil.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
Throwing open the door, she brings forth the veritable queen of all the souffles, that spreads its archangelic wings over the entire kitchen as it leaps upwards from the dish in which the force of gravity alone confines it.
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Go around - listen to how many times a day you say, 'I love' instead of, 'I hate.' Isn't it interesting that children, as they learn the process of language, always learn the word 'no' years before they learn the word 'yes'? Ask linguists where they hear it. Maybe if they heard more of 'I love, I love, I love' they'd hear it sooner and more often.
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I've got a really hard election. If you had a really hard election and it was after Labor Day would you go to North Carolina to a bunch of parties and glad-handing or would you stay home and work as hard as you know how to convince Missourians they should rehire you?
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I believe that marriage is an important part of life. So when it happens, I will definitely let the whole world know.
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I like girls who like the countryside, put on walking boots and can bend with the wind a bit. If you're going to live with me, you need to be able to embrace the countryside and wet dogs.
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Anticipation of movement, through muscular innervation and memory, by its retention of nerve impulse images, extend the present to the limit of a second or so.
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The judicial discretion has been fettered greatly by the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
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It's all about the special effects.
