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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For people to even think that I'd be considered or a good candidate for a supporting actress nomination is mind blowing to me.
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And now we are wanting everyone in every country through the education department of every government to unfold that inner content of life. It’s very simple to light the lamp is so easy. And yet that process of lighting the lamp is enough to eliminate the difficulties in the darkness.
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I don't feel that no big stone should be put over my head, saying he did this, he did that. Unless there's something that I really did do. I believe I'm just ordinary. And I'd like for people to think of me that way, as just a guy that tried. Wanted to be loved by other people because he loved people.
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I think a lot of the American people feel more than a little disappointed that the high-water mark for human exploration was 1969. The dream of human space travel has almost died for a lot of people.
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It's our nature: Human beings like success but they hate successful people.
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I like to do things that are about relationships, work with quality people, and tell a different kind of story.
