Boyd Holbrook Quotes
I'd seen Jose Padilha's 'Elite Squad 1' and '2', and I'd seen his documentary, 'Bus 174'.
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In a day when, if you insulted a man it might cost you your life, you were probably more civil.
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You have to know why you get up every morning.
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In the space of one lifetime, the Internet has opened up opportunities that were previously inconceivable.
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It is useless, after all, to complain against inexorable reality.
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I lift weights. It's one of the reasons I get up so early.
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When you get married and have children, and you start having hits and success and your business starts growing, there's less and less time for songwriting.
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I like to cook; it is, for me, a happy combination of mindlessness and purpose.
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I was born October 5, 1957, on the South Side of Chicago, in the Woodlawn area, a neighborhood that hasn't changed much in forty-five years. Our house was on 66th and Blackstone, but the city tore it down when the rats took over.
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Strong, not skinny, is now sexy, and long workouts are a thing of the past.
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The results I've seen with Bodyshred have been far superior to any program that I've ever created.
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I think, when you become a politician, if you talk about religion too much, you're pandering or something.
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Every year we close 300-400 stores anyway, just relocations.
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Some people just can't get over their own hang-ups to listen to my music.
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I grew up in Spokane, Washington, in a very Christian, conservative home.
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There's a kind of journalistic narcissism that New York-based journalists are guilty of.
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People always let me know when their team beats the Canucks.
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Women are more emotional, and it's natural to talk about it.
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Just because you are out doesn't make you the poster boy for the gay community.
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I was born about 80 years too late. If you were a kid in 1910, the Fourth of July was a big deal. You knew all about the Revolution, and you still had Civil War veterans.
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'Brutality!' cried Tristam. The class was at last interested. 'Beatings-up. Secret police. Torture in brightly lighted cellars. Condemnation without trial. Finger-nails pulled out with pincers. The rack. The cold-water treatment. The gouging out of eyes. The firing squad in the cold dawn. And all this because of disappointment. The Interphase.'
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In the case of 'Goon Squad,' which sold slowly for a long time despite the good reviews, those 'best of 2010' lists were pivotal, and made the book really sell.
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I wanted to make something that reminded people of the way albums used to feel. I wanted something as good as the stuff put out by the Bomb Squad, or Dr. Dre and his production crew, or 'A Tribe Called Quest.' I miss albums like those.
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I'd seen Jose Padilha's 'Elite Squad 1' and '2', and I'd seen his documentary, 'Bus 174'.
