Mark Waters Quotes
I can tell you that from the director's chair, young actors love to be challenged, to be given killer lines that take time to wrap their mind around.
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My father passed away when I was very young, so I was head of household for a very long time. Whether it came to cooking food or having to braid hair to get kids out of the door for school, I've been one that has - with the help of my mother - has been a father figure for a lot of young ladies.
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When I was 13, I had these episodes where I could just see the world without any words attached to it, without any associations. It was a little bit spooky. A lot of people might have even thought it was pathological. I thought it was interesting.
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It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be.
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Vinyl is democratic, as surely as the iPod is fascist. Vinyl is representational: It has a face. Two faces, in fact, to represent the dualism of human nature. Vinyl occupies physical space honestly, proud as a fat woman dancing.
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Love is the strongest and most fragile thing we have in life.
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Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll do this for now, but I'm really a drummer.' That's what I'll put on my passport application.
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Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
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I was very shy and reserved, so it was a bit contradictory to get into politics.
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I remember the first time I stepped into the ring at age 16. I loved hitting things... but who likes getting hit?!
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I got drunk when I was five. Everybody gets drunk before they're 21.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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So at the end of the day, our number 1 goal, our top priority, is to motivate American youngsters to reject the abuse of illegal drugs, tobacco and alcohol. All three of them are illegal behaviors.
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When you're a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls - you want to get the most girls. You don't know anything about respect; you don't know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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You trivialize the idea of competition totally, then there's no point in having the competition in the first place, and everybody is getting a trophy.
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Not everyone can be successful selling fashion at $25,000 for a wedding outfit. Certain designers are able to do that. And there is only a certain amount of consumers who can do that. The real opportunity is in that $25 garment.
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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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I never personally complained; everybody else complained for me.
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I can't watch a Mayweather fight. I don't find it exciting.
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We are all lucky to be here, we are lucky to be on stage and have millions of people watch us.
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All great players want to be the reason the team wins.
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My parents divorced, and I didn't have much of a daddy growing up.
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Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of man's cruelty and baseness.
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When we are baptized and confirmed, the promised blessing is that we may always have the Holy Ghost to be with us. If you are consistently good, you will have the companionship of the Holy Ghost much of the time.
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I can tell you that from the director's chair, young actors love to be challenged, to be given killer lines that take time to wrap their mind around.
