Bill Pullman Quotes
Globalisation is happening so fast it's confusing for people, and tolerance is threatened.
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I realized pretty soon that I have to do more than just play bass in the background way. So, I developed a kind of playing which only a handful of musicians accepted.
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So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.
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I made my parents crazy. As a kid, I redecorated my bedroom every month. I would literally save my allowance and go buy things.
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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
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Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
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I don't know how people recognize me.
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I like to give my inhibitions a bath now and then.
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I am from Karnal, India.
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It is amazing that it is my destiny to be the first Aussie to win the Masters.
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Working with Disney is really and truly like working with a family. Everyone is so supportive and so wonderful. I've worked with Disney since I was twelve, and they've given me so many opportunities that I'll forever be grateful for.
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In 1921, Harry Houdini started his own film company called - wait for it - the Houdini Picture Corporation.
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Waging a colonial war in the post-colonial age is self-defeating.
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I was pretty nervous when I met Robert DeNiro. I kind of felt like a kid in a candy store for the first time. I couldn't wipe the grin off of my face. But Bobby DeNiro was really, really sweet and made me feel very comfortable. He's very low-key and just a superstar professional, and totally someone to be admired.
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I know it's a cliche, but the whole family is just whacked. I mean, we're all out of our minds. They're the funniest, most eccentric bizarre people I've ever met, my siblings.
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Live life to the full, and become more curious every day. The more you find out about life, the richer your music-making will be.
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In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.
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Picasso is what is going to happen and what is happening; he is posterity and archaic time, the distant ancestor and our next-door neighbor. Speed permits him to be two places at once, to belong to all the centuries without letting go of the here and now.
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I went to Beijing for the Olympics and was literally right across the track from Usain Bolt. And when he gets to full stride, for every two steps the other guy's taking, he's just taking one.
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It's often meaningless to talk about a genetic trait without also discussing the environment in which that trait appears. Sometimes, genes don't work at all until the environment awakens them.
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I learned from different guys I played with, too. The key was probably three people: The good Lord, the offensive linemen I played with and great fullbacks that could block very well.
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I don't have regrets because they are negative.
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We didn't need the Internet for Nazi Germany to happen. But I feel like there's this lack of humanity because of it.
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Globalisation is happening so fast it's confusing for people, and tolerance is threatened.
