Bill Frisell Quotes
First I was a European-style player, then I was a downtown 'noise guy,' and now some people call me an Americana guy.
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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J. J. Abrams is a director that I've admired for a long time, from the very first scripts he wrote - including 'Regarding Henry,' which I was in.
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There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Not every woman has time to go to a salon and have her hair blow-dried every day.
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Pat Riley, Dave Checketts and Ernie Grunfeld - they brought the Knicks back to the glory days. It started with Rick Pitino. We took our first step with him, making the playoffs. When Pat came in we just kicked the door open.
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Like great teams in sports and business endeavors, if there's a chemistry among the participants, and they truly enjoy fellowship together, everybody wants to be there, stay involved, and just have fun together.
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Parents, teachers, and other school staff need the tools to help these young people early in their lives. And the earlier, the better. It is proven that early action prevents problems later in life.
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For the year after I left government service, I worked as a consultant to the Republican National Committee because the lawyers advised that was the proper way for me to comply with ethics regulations and continue to advise the President.
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When this space walk will be completed, then the arm will be fully operational and ready for the next activity that will be pretty much the testing, the first flight testing of the space station arm.
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The motivation is important for me to act it, but I don't necessarily want the audience to know my motivation.
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Don't be afraid to convince yourself that your business is incredible, but don't expect others to be convinced without solid data to back it up. Ideas can be a worth a lot, but they are usually not. Execution is everything.
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A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.
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If writers just sit and talk about oppression, they are not going to do much writing.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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I'm often drawn to characters that are more obviously one thing. They're passionate, and there is always an element of strength because I think every person possesses that in some way, even if they've experienced hardship in their lives.
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I grew up watching Salman Khan and Arnold Schwarzenegger, who have always juggled fitness with acting. In real life, I'm a fitness freak. Besides, it is nice to look at an actor who is fit, and if you become a role model, that's a perk.
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Most historians and other writers of what we now consider 'primary sources' simply didn't think about women and their contribution to society. They took it for granted, except when that contribution or its lack directly affected men.
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Nothing is inevitable until it happens.
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Marriage has been defined by every legislature that has ever sat in the United States from every State, now 50 States, the same way, but now we have unelected judges altering and changing that fundamental institution.
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I tell people all the time - I'm a very spiritual person, so I pray over everything that I do including creating music, a new song.
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I bought a year's production of flax from a single field owned by a Dutch producer. That's 10,000 kilograms of flax, enough to enable industrial level production. Now, I'm weaving it into tablecloths, tea towels, and other items at the Textile Museum in Tilburg. I'm producing hundreds of grown-up products!
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I once recommended in a San Francisco Chronicle column that a third arm - a plastic arm - be sewn at the base of the spine so that people could have a tripod to sit on while waiting in line, and it was taken seriously.
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I did try to get a few of those teen high-school movies, but they just didn't like me. I guess I wasn't a certain type.
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First I was a European-style player, then I was a downtown 'noise guy,' and now some people call me an Americana guy.
