Bishop Briggs (Sarah Grace McLaughlin) Quotes
Every single time I perform 'River,' I just feel a huge rush of adrenaline and energy, and I remember writing it.
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Burroughs called his greatest novel 'Naked Lunch,' by which he meant it's what you see on the end of a fork. Telling the truth. It's very difficult to do that in fiction because the whole process of writing fiction is a process of sidestepping the truth. I think he got very close to it, in his way, and I hope I've done the same in mine.
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I voted for Barack Obama.
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Most actors go, 'I read the script and fell in love with it'; I fall in love with the directors.
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What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.
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I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.
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It's very interesting, the dynamics of popularity. When you do something all the time, you don't worry about whether it's trendy or not.
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I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn't ambitious.
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Well, when I was 13, for my bar mitzvah I received my first typewriter. And that was special.
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To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
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I go straight from thinking about my narrator to being him.
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There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles them.
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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When you're young and queer and closeted, you can end up in this place where you regard your straight peers as the enemy.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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I've said some things about other religions that I regret now. I think they were incorrect.
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I love action films. I'd love to do an action drama. I'm always looking to give my character something action-oriented to do.
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When we see that our problem is so complicated and so all-encompassing in its intent and content, then we realize that it is no longer a Negro problem, confined only to the American Negro; that it is no longer an American problem, confined only to America, but it is a problem for humanity.
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You feel like you need to deal with a lot if you're from Cleveland, so you learn to let things roll off your back, and you learn that humor is the best way to deal with it.
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I worked for twenty-some years with no capital, so I never had any liquidity. Managing my loans alone wouldn't do it, and working hard twenty-four hours a day seven days a week alone wouldn't do it. You have to be properly capitalized.
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I've been on big tours ever since I started, but you can't just go out there and headline, you have to do it right.
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Newt correctly assumes that the American public is beginning to look down the road and at least distinguish the landmarks on either side and know where it wants go. We have a chance to lead it there.
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Time to get a go on this drop-dead-gorgeous morning.
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To me, eyewear goes way beyond being a prescription. It's like makeup. It's the most incredible accessory. The shape of a frame or the color of lenses can change your whole appearance.
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Every single time I perform 'River,' I just feel a huge rush of adrenaline and energy, and I remember writing it.
