Bill Engvall Quotes
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Many of the songs on Undertow were written at the time Opiate came out.
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The Enlightenment view of mankind is a complete myth. It leads us into thinking we're sane and rational creatures most of the time, and we're not.
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When I write a movie, I write it for me.
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It's actually meditative to sit in a character for an extended period of time, realizing what your relationship is to who you're playing and then letting go, just being there.
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I really don't have the time to spend much time online, I do have web tv, which I use when I need information.
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I would like to play an average guy. I would have loved to play opposite John Candy in a movie. That was my dream for a long time, and sadly, now I can never realize that. But I'd like to do comedy.
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Cognitive neuroscience, and social theorists from Weber to Bourdieu, have recognized that humans act, most of the time, habitually, not reflectively. Both at intrastate and inter-states levels, habits play critical roles in mitigating uncertainty, providing a sense of order, and entrench patterns of cooperation or enmity.
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Proactive giving is what you do when you've found your passion. It expresses your values, interests and concerns. It engages not just your dollars, but also your mind, time, skills and networks - the philanthropic equivalent of leaning in, rather than leaning back. Most importantly, proactive giving is something you want to do.
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I aim to direct as much as I act at some point in time.
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The storm came. Lives were washed away. Ancient pains resurfaced. Now it is time for a sea of change.
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Sometimes I know a joke I'm going to yell out ahead of time, but most of the time it's stream of conscious. You never really know it until you've got everyone dressed up, the set is built, all the extras are here.
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I went to see the film with a regular audience for the first time on Sunday, and was basically swamped.
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We live too long for one marriage.
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I am a man who is noble. I have a good heart, but at the same time, I'm a little malicioso. There's no way of hiding that side.
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For as long as our people are held hostage by controllable socio-economic forces, we cannot afford to be indifferent to the ravages of poverty in all its dimensions and ramifications.
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I do not rule out the possibility of being prime minister of India one day, but there is still time.
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Disasters are usually a good time to re-examine what we've done so far, what mistakes we've made, and what improvements should come next.
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President Mandela was not a hands-on president at any time.
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I've ended up spending more time in front of a camera than on stage, but the stage is where I come from.
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It is strange, how quickly people want to obligate their poets, as it were, on the exile.
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You can either be in the Ron Paul tradition and say there's nothing wrong with heroin and cocaine, or you can be in the tradition that says, 'These kind of addictive drugs are terrible; they deprive you of full citizenship, and they lead you to a dependency which is antithetical to being an American.'
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It's essential to have sacred time for writing. All successful authors have some daily commitment to keep on-track and moving forward.
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The Buddhas who have been and who shall be, of these am I and what they did, I do.
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I haven't been really nervous about a gig in a long time.
