David Guterson Quotes
It doesn't matter who you are, how many awards you've won, how popular you are, or how much critical acclaim you've had.
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I was in culinary school for a little while, but it was just too hard to cut weight and cook at the same time.
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I know there is something out there, and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad. But I'm not like Shirley MacLaine, who probably believes we were past lovers in another life.
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We cannot let our respect for the FBI blind us from the fact the FBI has sometimes come up short of our expectations.
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It was always my dream to write for a living.
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I'm at the age most people are sending their kids off to college.
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I've been in movies with Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson - but I was on 'The Simpsons,' and finally, in the eyes of my children, I was a star.
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'The Big Sleep' would have been a more effective study of nightmarish existence had the detective been more complicated and had more curiosity been shown about his sweetheart's relation to the crime.
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You know, God has a plan for me, and I'm going to follow in his footsteps and just rejoice and be happy.
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I didn't really enjoy school in general.
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You like a woman, she's got kids, it's a package. You can't just go in one-sided.
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You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
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Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
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Rome is a city where in every corner you have a reminder of the sacred world. That's why I have sacred music, minimalist sacred music, which is also music I like, because at the end of the day, that's what I want to do.
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I'm a big pasta fan. I'm a big Italian food fan. Anything Italian - I love cheese, mozzarella. Mozzarella is my favorite, so I have to say anything Italian, I'll take it.
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My father was king of the guidebooks and our holidays were always planned, taking us from a great gallery to an ace cafe to a beautiful view. And as an actor, I loathe improvisation because there's no structure and no one knows what's going on.
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If I die tomorrow, I've done the two hardest things anybody can do in this life with the least amount of security - music and acting - and I've had success in both. I can't really complain. I try not to live my life that way.
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Rey's parents left her at 5, and we meet her when she's late teens or early 20s, and for someone to keep hopeful that there's a better life to come, I think, is astounding. Though she starts off alone, she very much finds her place in a group of people, and that's lovely.
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In 1972, George Harrison invited me to accompany him on a trip to India.
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I generally don't use an iPod for track work, as I'm focusing on heart rate and times. When I'm in the gym or running alone, there's always music. If I'm in the weights gym, I usually go for rap or rock music; for running, it's dance or cheesy pop.
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I'm very, very modest.
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I think the changeup has become more popular recently by pitchers like Pedro Martinez and the success he had with it.
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Had Calhoun been advised by me, he would have been the most popular man in the United States.
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I daily disconnect and read a good book or listen to a good sermon or call a friend or my mom and talk on the phone with my feet up. I also take baths with bath salts that I make myself.
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It doesn't matter who you are, how many awards you've won, how popular you are, or how much critical acclaim you've had.
