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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I've got great people who handle my schedule, and everything does revolve around the children. If there's a parents' night or an Easter bonnet parade or a Nativity play, whatever it might be, then I plan everything around that.
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The idea of competition, particularly in a creative atmosphere, is always there. And, if you don't acknowledge that, you are doing yourself and the process a disservice.
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I talk about race a lot. It's been my work ever since I came out of acting school. But it's true that in a way talking about race is a taboo. Because so many of our debates about race have to do not with race but with what we are willing to see, what we will not see and what we don't want to see.
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Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed.
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I like to do things that are about relationships, work with quality people, and tell a different kind of story.
