Dean Wareham Quotes
The road, lyric-wise, is a trap, and a bore. Maybe it's interesting to me, but I don't think it's a connecting thing with other humans. What is there to write about? Truck stops, hotels, clubs?
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Like working families all across the state, we must find a way to make government live within its means.
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There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way.
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In today's society we sometimes forget to balance our hearts and our heads; this is the reason we stop laughing.
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It is my first preference to do films with social significance. Art cinema has given me credibility and status as an actor, but commercial cinema has given me a comfortable living.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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I write synopses after the book is completed. I can't write it beforehand, because I don't know what the book's about. I invent something for my publisher because he asks for one, but the final book ends up very differently.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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But I think we need the international market.
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At the school I attended, the clergyman who ran the cathedral school in Shanghai would give lines to the boys as a punishment. They expected you to copy out, say, 20 or 30 pages from one of the school texts. But I found that rather than laboriously copying out something from a novel by Charles Dickens, it was easier if I made it up myself.
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Economics has paid a terrible price for its dalliances with the Keynesian and neoclassical theories.
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My father will never say no to a character, as I never go to him and talk about a character for which he won't give the nod.
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What I would like to do is make sure every primary school child has a library card, so where parents don't get their children library cards, we'll see if we can get schools to step in and make sure that every child has one.
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Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value.
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A bad system will beat a good person every time.
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I usually try to eat in my restaurants before I fly, as I'd rather sleep on the plane and just order a salad with cheese, maybe some ice cream.
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I'm missing work. We didn't have enough money for preschool. I had a panic attack. I couldn't do it. I became one of those horrible foster parents who give the kids back.
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L.A.'s always been good to me.
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I love a man who can wear my underwear.
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I think Stalin was afraid of Roosevelt. Whenever Roosevelt spoke, he sort of watched him with a certain awe. He was afraid of Roosevelt's influence in the world.
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Marriage is a mystery, and part of it is just being kind to each other, not being selfish.
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As I mature as a chef, I no longer aim to pack multiple techniques and ingredients into a single dish. Realizing that restraint is more difficult, I find it often renders incredibly beautiful results.
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The hand cannot reach higher than does the heart.
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I don't think I'm the only person who sees a cataclysm coming, but I think I'm the only person saying it, and I think that scares people.
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The road, lyric-wise, is a trap, and a bore. Maybe it's interesting to me, but I don't think it's a connecting thing with other humans. What is there to write about? Truck stops, hotels, clubs?
