Bill Kurtis Quotes
I have an affinity for Africa, especially East Africa, and Kansas looks very much like that.
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I don't want to put my fate in country music fans; I'm too stubborn.
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My father in the film - which we probably haven't seen in previous movies, and in British Asian movies you could probably count on one hand - he says exactly why, actually why he's frightened for his daughter. He came to this country, England, and had a bit of a crappy time.
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You start to become successful, and everybody starts to drive your money train to the bank, and they're not thinking anymore about what you want as an artist or if any of that even matters to you. It genuinely upsets people in my life that I don't care about money, and that's not my problem.
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We all know guys who've had their hearts broken in real life; we just don't usually see it in the movies.
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If you don't use good ingredients, the outcome is never going to be excellent. But if you buy the freshest ingredients that are in season, at their peak, and you cook with them, you can't really go wrong.
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I'd always wanted to be an action heroine. That's a chick dream, getting to wear a leather bodysuit and be blonde and kick ass. But, what really attracted me to 'Dredd' was the script. It was fantastic! It was about people and characters, and not just about explosions and fighting.
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A key to strengthening spiritual muscles and enduring hardship is finding strength in the Word of God.
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When 5150 came out rock was king. Post Nirvana and Pearl Jam 1996 is a different story.
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I'm an actor that likes to go to work. I like going to work every day. I'm a worker by nature. I'm not someone who does one film a year and feels satisfied by that.
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I'll be kicked out before I rust out.
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People going into the cities for the opportunities and the towns are getting older, no young people.
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I think a generation ago, dads went to work, they came home, and they had their dinner, had a drink, and then went to bed. I don't know what it was like in your house, but that is how it was in mine. I think it is cool to have the dads in the trenches and doing the real parenting work.
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Hiking in undiscovered places is a lot of fun.
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When I need to cry, I think of very sad things, mostly about animals.
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I don't belong to any country clubs. I don't have this big circle of friends. Where I make my friends is where I work.
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It's been a transformative period and I really wanted to make music from what I've experienced.
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The people of Egypt are an intelligent people with a glorious history who left their mark on civilization.
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A successful artist of any kind has to work so hard that she is justified in refusing to lay down her sceptre until she is placed on the bier.
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I'd dropped out of high school without really doing it on purpose - I'd just go home at lunch 'cos I didn't have friends, then stay there all afternoon listening to rap. It got to the point where I wouldn't have passed even if I'd gone back. I was depressed, basically.
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Torture is abominable, things like ripping out someone's nails, or burning someone with a blowtorch. And those who practice it feel a certain power but it's suicidal. They will never get over what they've done. And it creates sadists.
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In the last ten years of watching films I have found that some of the foreign films I saw affected me most. One American film that stands out for me for its workmanship and artistry is 'Ratatouille.' It was an astonishing effort in filmmaking.
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I have an affinity for Africa, especially East Africa, and Kansas looks very much like that.
