Philip Johnson Quotes
It is wonderful to be in the country in a glass house, because no matter what happens out there, you're nice and safe, you know, cuddled in your little bed, and there it is, raging storms, snowing - wonderful.
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What I'm trying to do is save and rescue the country if I can, and I'm doing my best to do it.
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I'm learning as I go. I don't know everything. I never had anybody to look at, nobody ever taught me, and where I'm from I didn't have any famous role models.
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You really don't get paid in these independent movies, no matter how many people see them.
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Creating things sometimes is difficult.
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What I say or do here won't matter much, nor should it.
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I have a pair of Rodarte leggings. They're crazy, but I wore them for one day, and then by the end of the day they weren't tearing, but they were getting a little loose.
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I wouldn't mind going somewhere and taking a president position and signing acts and taking the attention off of me and taking what I've learned in my career and applying that to another person's.
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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I don't want my writing to be work to read. My main goal is completely shameless entertainment. I want people to smile and giggle and enjoy the book. I'm not trying to save the world through literature.
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I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me.
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It is typical of women to fester and ferment over disappointments, slights, annoyances, angers, etc.
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A lot of cats in New Orleans, very soulful, very soulful musicians and they assume that they're singers. And they just make that assumption. And so when there's a little intonation problem, people are very forgiving of them because they heard how soulful they play.
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A lot of times, when you're the leading lady, you get to sing heartwarming songs and that's it, and people don't get a sense of who you truly are.
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The first week Banks was with us, we knew he was going to be a star.
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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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A wise human would have an understanding of the supply chain and how the pieces fit together. But it's against our nature to think about it.
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Islam has been badly used by a certain ideology.
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Nobody is original anymore. Nobody has any original style.
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You ever go eat breakfast at Denny's, and then go to the toilet and sit in there so long you gotta order lunch from the stool? You ever do that? Now I know why they call it the Grand Slam?
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Elegance means appreciating things as they are. There is a sense of delight and of fearlessness. You are not fearful of dark corners.
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My perception is that I've never done anything but work really hard.
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Sometimes, there's not an honest engagement of Ireland in Hollywood movies.
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I like meeting directors. It can be helpful because sometimes when you meet filmmakers you find out if you like them and if they like you, and that is important in terms of considering a role. Choosing a role is all about whether I relate to the role and the story really. That's the criteria.
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It is wonderful to be in the country in a glass house, because no matter what happens out there, you're nice and safe, you know, cuddled in your little bed, and there it is, raging storms, snowing - wonderful.
