Bill Kurtis Quotes
People from small towns have to have their edges roughed up to get along in the world. But as a street reporter, you learn quickly.
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You go to a theater now and you literally see parents watching the movie and they suddenly cover their kid's ears. I figured I'd make one movie where they didn't have to do this.
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At those times I got into... I suppose you call it a rut. I used to do comedy, comedy, comedy and I suddenly thought I ought to break away from this somehow.
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The future is always the same, and that is to win trophies - next season, in two and three years.
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I take care of my flowers and my cats. And enjoy food. And that's living.
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Obviously, we're focused on the Winter Classic.
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Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event.
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The trick of this thing and the beauty of this thing is that it's a cowboy movie first and then stuff happens. Even after stuff happens it doesn't change - it hasn't suddenly changed into another kind of movie. It's still a cowboy movie. And that's what's incredible about it because nobody has done that before, that's new territory.
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The only real indulgence was buying a house. That was a pretty big step.
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The majority of the time, they take air out of the football. I think that, for me, is a disadvantage.
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I just go in the studio and write on the spot and see what comes out.
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The spirit of L.A. is untamed wilderness. It's earthquakes and wildfires and oceans and mountain lions and fog. There's great physical beauty.
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In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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I don't drink coffee.
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I am one of maybe three people in the world who knows anything about Robert W. Chambers.
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If I get married again, I want a guy there with a drum to do rimshots during the vows.
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I think people who have good parents come into the world with a strength, yes, and an advantage.
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I think I was only divorced once, and the rest were annulments. Or, maybe not. I can't keep track actually, because it's not that important. I just am who I am.
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At least in the United States, most economic resentment is not directed toward billionaires or high-roller financiers - not even corrupt ones. It's directed at the guy down the hall who got a bigger raise. It's directed at the husband of your wife's sister, because he earns 20 percent more than you do.
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I'm not doubtful that I am doing what I should be doing - writing for theater - and that I'm doing it in a way no one else does it. Whether anyone else is paying attention or anyone else cares, I'm still ambivalent about that. It's still an open question.
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All you need to do is to get clients in the hotel door; then they hand you their wallets for five days.
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I've been delivering these little homilies since 1980 - that's 37 years - and altogether, NPR statisticians tell me, my bloviation total is 1,656 commentaries - and I trust you've hung onto every word.
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Just because I work incredible good out of unspeakable tragedies doesn't mean I orchestrate the tragedies. Don't ever assume that my using something means I caused it or that I need it to accomplish my purposes. That will only lead you to false notions about me. Grace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find grace in many facets and colors.
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People from small towns have to have their edges roughed up to get along in the world. But as a street reporter, you learn quickly.
