Bill Paxton Quotes
My first film was a movie shot in 1974. I was 18 on that movie set. It was called 'Big Bad Mama.' I turned 19 on the next movie I worked on, which was a black 'Blazing Saddles.' I worked in the art department. It was called 'Darktown Strutters.'
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We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
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If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.
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For ages, I had this mullet until someone on the street stopped me and said, 'Darling, can I cut your hair for free? Because you look a bit weird.'
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I used to be obsessed with race. I'm more obsessed with class now.
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If you live through the initial stage of fame and get past it, and remember thats not who you are. If you live past that, then you have a hope of maybe learning how to spell the word artist.
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Broad-mindedness is related to tolerance; open-mindedness is the sibling of peace.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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Technology has enabled government to have investigative and situational awareness on a scale and scope that were science fiction when the Stasi shut its doors.
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Making music is fantastic.
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I would never go to a gym. How could I do it? So I tried to do it in my house and it doesn't work.
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All one needs to do is read - books, magazines, research the Internet - and pay attention to the influencers in their lives to discover the myriad people of strong moral character who have and still are making positive, meaningful contributions and differences in our world.
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In 1960, John F. Kennedy rode a superior televised debate performance to victory over Richard Nixon.
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All of us grow.
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English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.
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Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.
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People come up and say, 'Hey, I know you!' They're middle-aged women and big burly guys. They say, 'Don't tell anyone, but I watch Felicity, and I think it's great.'
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It is not length of life, but depth of life.
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Malcolm X never renounced and never stepped away from a strong commitment to black nationalism and black self-determination. That's absolutely clear if you do any analysis of his speeches.
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The people here in fact seem to live in the streets, which are alive from morning until night, not as they are in New York with that never-ending determination for the 'long-green', but with a pleasure-loving crowd that doesn’t care what it does or where it goes, so that it has a good time.
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Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great?
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The best thing we've learned is when you are attempting to write a full song, write a full song that day. When we first started, we would have great ideas, but there's something about a moment and a vibe that's being created in time that when you return to it, it sometimes works, and it sometimes doesn't.
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With little art, clear wit and sense Suggest their own delivery.
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My first film was a movie shot in 1974. I was 18 on that movie set. It was called 'Big Bad Mama.' I turned 19 on the next movie I worked on, which was a black 'Blazing Saddles.' I worked in the art department. It was called 'Darktown Strutters.'
