Bill Pullman Quotes
We've seen with Brexit and other things that there's a dark impulse to be petulant and frustrated with complicated solutions.
Quotes to Explore
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The gift of sobriety is clarity and a sense of connection - and travel only enhances that.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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Don't try to guess what it is people want and give it to them. Don't ask for a show of hands. Try your best to write what you like, what you think your friends would like and what you think your father would like and then cross your fingers... The most valuable thing you have is your own voice.
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I believe that stories find writers, writers don't find stories. With the 'Pendragon' series, I actually had multiple story ideas and decided that instead of writing them individually, I would create a character whose journey would thread them all together.
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As a young man, I think I was in a bit of the revenge business for too many years of my life.
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I always tell students that writing a poem and publishing it are two quite separate things, and you should write what you have to write, and if you're afraid it's going to upset someone, don't publish it.
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I have had many anxieties for our commonwealth, principally occasioned by the depreciation of our money.
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In theory, I stick to how I could eat if I lived a thousand years ago. I take processed foods off the menu, and stick to things I could hunt or gather, with more fruits, vegetables, and nuts - and less meat.
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We develop our propensity to forgive or not to forgive by what we see illustrated at the early ages of our development.
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I never, never thought one day I will sing at La Scala or I will get the Grammy. I'm lucky. I work a lot with a teacher, with my coach.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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It is said that the West had a global policy in regard to Islam. That is stupid. There isn't a global Islam.
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As society diversifies, the number of people who read literature is decreasing. It will be difficult for readers to digest my ideas through literature.
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There is so much life underneath the water that we don't know about.
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Things are expensive, very expensive in Israel for many reasons. One of the reasons is our ports. It's a monopoly. They run very poorly. And we have ships that are stuck in the ocean for three or four days or a week, and all that cost is transferred to the products and the consumer.
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People feel that I became an actor because I am from a film family and that my parents were actors. But actually, the only reason I wanted to become an actor was to get away from studies.
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My commitment is to Los Angeles, so whatever helps this continue to be a great city, that's what I would be focused to do, and the Dodgers are certainly iconic to Los Angeles.
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The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave. Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.
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Any politician who's ever been re-elected knows that friends come and go; enemies accumulate.
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I believe that our very survival depends upon us becoming better systems thinkers.
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I rarely, if ever, had another book in mind while I was writing the previous book. Each book starts from ashes, really.
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Catherine Keener is everyone's dream sister slash mom slash aunt.
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I think the best way to listen to my music is through recording. I would love to be one of those artists where you can go into a coffee shop and watch people pass by and then my music is in their ears. Not necessarily a sensory deprivation thing, but that's cool too. Unfortunately in order to focus on nobody else, you would probably have to go into a dark room and just sit there and listen to it.
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We've seen with Brexit and other things that there's a dark impulse to be petulant and frustrated with complicated solutions.
