Powers Boothe Quotes
We all want to pretend that there isn't evil in the world. We all want to pretend that there aren't people trying to take us out and different things like that.
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I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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I greatly enjoy reading the biographies of scientists, and when doing so I always hope to learn the secrets of their success. Alas, those secrets generally remain elusive.
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I was a scapegoat. The media had to put responsibility on somebody, and I was chosen. They felt free to say that because someone was thin they were anorexic, which is ridiculous.
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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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Leaving all the glamour and air-kissing aside, at the end of the day, fashion is about operations and getting things done. The best way to be successful, therefore, is to learn from the people who do it best.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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I like things simple.
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You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
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I have my own people that make my clothes because it's hard for me to find stuff that fits.
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I had Hallowe'en parties every year, as it was my birthday five days before. My parents would actually put prosthetic noses on, and my dad would wear a top-hat and tails, put on a fake curly moustache, and hold a pipe.
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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The older you get, the things that you thought you wanted to do when you were younger, you're checking them off your list because you no longer want to them.
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Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.
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African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence.
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The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement.
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Nobody in France would ever say 'He's a Jewish novelist' or 'She's a black novelist,' even though people do write about those subjects. It would look absurd to a French person to go into a bookstore and see a 'Gay Studies' section.
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I taught myself to play the piano, because I wanted to play it.
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From regular, relative skydiving, I went on to freeflying. Freeflying is more the three-dimensional skydiving.
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The thought of somebody pulling and cutting around my face gives me stomach ache. Plastic surgery would be so painful. What if it doesn't look good? What if they made a mistake? I couldn't do it.
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Humour has to have a huge nugget of truth to be funny. You cannot laugh at something unbelievable. Whenever I say something on a lighter note, I am basically unwrapping the truth from a different perspective, and that makes it funny.
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Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.
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I don't think there is much value in trying to use the moon as a base to go to Mars. That's going into one gravity belt and having to get back out of it again. And the moon doesn't have a lot to offer as a resource base.
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We all want to pretend that there isn't evil in the world. We all want to pretend that there aren't people trying to take us out and different things like that.
