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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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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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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Everyone makes their own comments. That's how rumors get started.
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Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.
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TV is the best babysitter.
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Leaders in an interconnected organization must be comfortable sitting in the middle of a network, not at the top of an org-chart.
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Mumford and Sons and Adele are both incredible artists and are great for popular music. There's a lot of club music with heavy beats, so to have that Mumford record and hear banjos being used is so cool.
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I am a midfielder who is mainly involved in the defensive phases, even if I also like to help build moves - I would say that my foremost quality is my generosity.
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I always said, 'If it's over, it's over.' If modeling is over, it's still the best experience of my life.
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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.
