Dickey Betts Quotes
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.
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Many of the best firms historically in venture capital have been multi-sector.
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The day you settle for less is the day you will get less.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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My voice, I have to say, is kind of miraculous because I was born with a cleft palate.
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When I recorded my solo album, 'Keep It Hid,' in 2008, I'd gotten more interested in songwriting, inspired by reading Charles Bukowski and connecting with unfancy, interesting language.
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It's never been seen that a street artist go as far as I've gone - keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
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Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.
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When you're rich you don't write checks.
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Help is dangerous because it exists outside the human economy: the only payment for help is gratitude.
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Going back to my own past as a reader, I was a big, big reader of romances, particularly as a teenager, the age that my books are aimed at.
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The idea that motherhood is inherently somehow a threat to creativity is just absurd.
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Never put a sock in a toaster.
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Is it hard for the reader to believe that suicides are sometimes committed to forestall the committing of murder? There is no doubt of it. Nor is there any doubt that murder is sometimes committed to avert suicide.
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Movies don't look hard, but figuring it out, getting the shape of it, getting everybody's character right and having it be funny, make sense and be romantic, it's creating a puzzle. Yes, having been a writer for so long, I have an awareness of when things are going awry, but it doesn't mean I know how to fix them.
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I try to write in the mornings, as soon as I'm up and caffeinated, and to stay in the chair as long as I can be productive.
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I didn't know how to go about preparing for the part of someone who can't remember who he is. The frustration angle is written in, but there's also this incredible passive state.
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I wish I'd gone to music school or just started playing in bands sooner.
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But when I hear a great song, I can't help but be inspired by it, regardless of whatever genre that song falls under.
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Is there worse evil than that which goes in the mask of good?
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I really feel like I've written my most effective music in the instrumental realms.
