Sam Phillips Quotes
I was looking for what was coming from a man's soul and a man's conviction. I didn't care about his past. If it was innate and natural and felt good to him and it communicated.
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There is nothing people can throw at me to say: 'Do this, do that.'
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All wars, even the noblest, bring a reckoning of means and ends.
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I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.
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I just didn't expect an acoustic version of Rock'n'Roll All Nite.
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Every quirky girl doesn't have to be the best-friend character. It's a very limiting and self-fulfilling prophecy. People only write things that will get green-lit, so they write to those stereotypes.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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Though many corporations honor commitments to reduce dangerous pollution, some cut corners and cheat. The marketplace doesn't always have mechanisms to correct bad actors.
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To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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I did a shoot with massive iguanas in Costa Rica when I was modeling back then. They were like little dinosaurs, and they sat right across my arms and by my face. The guy told me not to make any sudden movements because they had enormous claws. The guy said he would rip my skin if he attacked.
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Now I feel like whatever I do, no one can hurt me. I cannot be violated, I cannot be humiliated, I cannot be disregarded, I cannot be disrespected.
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I was terrible when I first started skating and was clinging onto the side for dear life, but it's something I'll always have now, and the tour is always so much fun.
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The homosexual community has more acceptance in America than it ever has, and the suicide rate is as high as it's always been.
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Some people are enraged, and some people are applauding. If there were a mission statement for graffiti, that would be it.
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I'm not sure if I want to continue to work when I have kids.
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Any voices or fantasies, he lives with. Those are his everyday life things.
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Fast food is the one thing everyone can relate to. It's depressing, but also interesting, that people desire to eat the same sandwich in every single city in the world. But the biggest bummer is when you see a Subway in Berlin. Just devastating.
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Let me be the first to say I can't remember ever having a conversation about the definition of consent when I was a kid. I knew that 'no' meant 'no,' but that's it.
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In my early 20s I was so miserable doing construction, I wanted something that paid money. I liked nice stuff. I liked cars and architecture, and things that cost money. I wanted to not swing a hammer, and make money... and not do stuff that was dirty. I attempted to get into comedy. I started to do stand-up, but I wasn't very good at it.
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Anglo Saxons: To blame for everything.
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Same thing, like my commercials are often times really funny because I tend to find 30 seconds is a really good amount of time to tell a joke.
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The best thing in the world is a strong house held in serenity where man and wife agree.
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There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.
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You do your work as fully as you can, and the ones who hear the sound join in.
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I was looking for what was coming from a man's soul and a man's conviction. I didn't care about his past. If it was innate and natural and felt good to him and it communicated.
