Kris Kristofferson Quotes
I never thought of acting as a creative process. Christ, I used to go to the movies and see Brando talking like he was trying to sell shoes, and he was great. I thought anybody could do it. Then I tried it, and I got so uptight, I'm limited as to what I can do on film.
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Winning the World Cup was very special because it meant so much to so many. One thing about our country that is constant is cricket. The smile it brought to people's faces was the thing I shall always remember. It reminded me, reminded all of us, of our importance to the lives of the Indian people less lucky than we are.
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But the weakness comes from these Westernised co-opted Muslim leaders who just want to look good in the eyes of the West and Western media.
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Scoring the first 10 in history was a big deal, but the fact that even an electronic scoreboard could not figure out how to put out a score, it made the story more historic.
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Always write as if you are talking to someone. It works. Don't put on any fancy phrases or accents or things you wouldn't say in real life.
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I'm always drawn to stories about characters who are somewhat isolated inside themselves by their inability to communicate in some way. That's what interested me about 'Children of a Lesser God.'
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The only reason I would write a break-up song is because my own problem of allowing myself to relate to people.
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Writers shouldn't have lives that are interesting. It gets in the way of your work.
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We are not opposed to public transportation. We are opposed to wasteful boondoggles.
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I built Kosovo for 10 years.
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What inspires me most to write is the act of traveling.
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In all honesty, titles are an embarrassment to me.
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The military executes policy decisions.
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Car chases are as painstaking to make as they are fun to watch. They take a lot of time, and you have to keep the energy up.
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If you don't vote, you don't count.
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True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends' boyfriends - and he accepts it.
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There is a very deep conviction in the heart of the people who work in al-Jazeera that if it changes its editorial line, it will very quickly lose its audience. Al-Jazeera has its own style; it has more than 3,500 employees, and I don't think anyone will have the attitude of changing it because they will lose.
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I was really inspired by these larger-than-life female artists like Lee Bontecou and Eva Hesse and Yvonne Rainier and the incredible Lynda Benglis. There were many women who were really driven and became successful, who were part of essential paradigm shifts, despite the fact that the art world was still dominated by men.
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As far being the face of boxing, I don't like to name myself that. I leave that up to the media and the fans.
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I got invited to what's called the Gifting Suite in Toronto. I had the day off, so I thought I'd go and see what's what. You come out laden with wonderful stuff. Apparently, if you go to the Oscars, you get given things like iPads. Not that I'm in it for the swag.
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I didn't play a great deal of sport in primary school. It was not until I went away to boarding school in Sussex that I really got into sport.
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Florida is a great place to set a novel.
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Prince is extremely soulful, but he can get real rock-'n'-rollish. So can Lenny Kravitz. Lenny's real soulful but he's got that rock with him, too. On the whole, I guess black folks ain't trying to handle rock-'n'-roll, really.
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I know there will be X amount of women being diagnosed. I love to say, You can get through it. You can.
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I never thought of acting as a creative process. Christ, I used to go to the movies and see Brando talking like he was trying to sell shoes, and he was great. I thought anybody could do it. Then I tried it, and I got so uptight, I'm limited as to what I can do on film.
