Powers Boothe Quotes
I like to do things that are about relationships, work with quality people, and tell a different kind of story.
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In America, music is more tightly categorized.
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I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
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In my experience, I think there's must ado about fidelity and infidelity. I think sometimes true emotional relationships can go beyond those.
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The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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They didn't accept me theory - not a theory, but just a thought I had about this character. I noticed that this man only exists when the boy comes into the grocery.
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The Technion didn't teach students how to open a start-up.
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I'm constantly trying to keep people guessing as to what I'm doing, and I will spend enormous amounts of time looking at manuscripts and asking questions, and people will say, 'I know what his next book is about.'
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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If I were dead, then nobody in England would have to fuss about the cost of my security and whether or not I merited such special treatment for so long.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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There's always room to volunteer. I think that's a huge space to be involved with.
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There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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Great men always pay deference to greater.
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The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.
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No matter where you are from, no matter what your background is, no matter what your socioeconomic status is, every person can achieve his or her dreams.
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Often the starting point for characters, for me, is finding a little, most minor detail, and I'll go from there.
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Some days it is a heroic act just to refuse the paralysis of fear and straighten up and step into another day.
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I find in most circumstances, people leave bosses, not companies.
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Government spending clearly needs some adjusting. But a budget is a statement of our priorities, and balancing our spending on the backs of our nation's seniors is not the right approach.
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The life of an actor is very random. It can be exhilarating but terrifying - you do wonder day to day where the next job will come from. Some of my friends are very talented people, but you see them out of work - which can be tough. If you wanted that kind of security, though, I guess you wouldn't be an actor in the first place.
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People of good character are not all going to come down on the same side of difficult political and social issues. Good people - people of character and moral literacy - can be conservative, and good people can be liberal. We must not permit our disputes over thorny political questions to obscure the obligation we have to offer instruction to all our young people in the area in which we have, as a society, reached a consensus: namely, on the importance of good character, and some of its pervasive particulars.
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I like to do things that are about relationships, work with quality people, and tell a different kind of story.
