Bob Odenkirk Quotes
I think independent movies are actually very challenging right now, because it was this huge scene and it was great for a few years. Then, it was totally co-opted by the studios. Now, it's become very corporate, the independent scene.
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
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I was raised by an actress, and I watched all those women turn 60 and ask, Shouldn't get face work? My mother and Anne Bancroft said, We're not going to fall into that.
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One thing that bugs me in comedy is when somebody does a fake cry, you know, like they fake cry in a comedy. But in a drama they'll really cry. That bugs me.
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I am not in politics to make more money.
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I do feel that the boys are getting left out. Girls will read boys' books, but boys won't read girls' books. If you're writing for a girl, you've got most of the audience on your side anyway.
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Writers shouldn't have lives that are interesting. It gets in the way of your work.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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Well into the 20th century, black people spoke of their flight from Mississippi in much the same manner as their runagate ancestors had.
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It's a big theme throughout my music to just embrace everything about your own mind and to always feel powerful. It's not just a feminine thing, but for men, too, whether they feel weak, or strong or crazy or reclusive. I want everyone to feel powerful no matter what little beasts they have in their head.
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Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.
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When I was 20, I thought anyone in the music business over 25 is past it. Then at 30, you think anyone still doing it at 35 is ridiculous. Suddenly, you find yourself at 48 and still doing it, so I don't know what to say, really.
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I'm into the whole American and New York vibe, not just because that's what's going on around me but because of the fit. A lot of guys are into the European cut, but I can't really pull that off with my body type - I'm tall and have big legs.
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A bicycle has transformed my experience of London.
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We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
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I think I'll be single my whole life. It's entirely possible I'm going to end up alone. Because I don't want to make any sacrifices for my own development and achieving what I want to achieve, and I don't want a family to get in the way of that.
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I asked my mother could I have an instrument. She said, 'Well if you go out and save your money.' So I went and got - I made me a shine box. I went out and started shining shoes, and I'd bring whatever I made.
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I have a difficult time sitting down for long periods.
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The NSA has different reporting requirements for each branch of government and each of its legal authorities.
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I like big crowds. I find it easier to focus.
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The only thing as murky as a conspiracy is what's happening in Hollywood.
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I had some great mentors as I was coming up and starting to sing so early - I've been singing since I was four.
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My work is not great, but it's respectable. I have no false illusions.
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One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.
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I think independent movies are actually very challenging right now, because it was this huge scene and it was great for a few years. Then, it was totally co-opted by the studios. Now, it's become very corporate, the independent scene.
