James E. Burke Quotes
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I think of other artists as generous when I get inspired by their work. That's why I like curating. You don't want to take someone else's art and have your way with it. You've got to be respectful of them.
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I don't understand why every guy is not a romantic. I enjoy it.
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I don't have a mentor in the strict definition. I take as much advice and inspiration as I can from the people I am close to.
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We never thought 'Say Something' would be a holiday song. I'm still surprised that it's resonating at this time of year. Maybe that's why it's working so well - it balances out all the joy.
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If you've been in a film that's seen by millions and millions and millions of people, you're more likely to be recognized for that than for your theater performances, which were seen by considerably less people. Why would I get upset by that?
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The moment is ripe for an experienced businessman to talk practical, prudent economics to the electorate - which is why Mitt Romney's political fortunes are steadily being resurrected from the grave.
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Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes me forever, it says sarcastically, Walt you contain enough, why don't you let it out then?
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I think that's why often people in creative fields can feel so alone is because there's a constant third eye, that constant watcher.
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Why do women get paid less money? It doesn't make any sense.
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It's much funnier when the comedy can happen with me just trying my best to genuinely do a good thing.
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I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money.
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Why is it there are so many more horses' asses than there are horses?
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I wanted no part of losing. Why play if you can't beat the other guys more often than they beat you?
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If women can be railroad workers in Russia, why can't they fly in space?
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I don't take investment advice from wealth managers. I have grown several businesses from scratch and amassed many millions from my publishing empire - why would I take advice from someone who has never experienced that?
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We lived in a flat that you could pretty much fit in my current kitchen. No wonder people drink! I can't understand why they don't throw themselves off the balconies.
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I only realised why I keep living in Shepperton when I returned to China. All the people who moved there had come from places just like Shepperton, and so they built and lived in houses exactly like these. I now know I was drawn here because, on an unconscious level, Shepperton reminds me of Shanghai.
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Why can't I just eat my waffle?
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Governance is complex, difficult, and on the whole, thankless - why ever should the Bright Young Things leave the management of their hotels, newspapers, banks, TV channels and corporations to join, like fleas on a behemoth, the government? Wherein lies the difference between the two worlds?
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I've never drunk coffee. I'm convinced it has something to do with why my skin is good. I have either mint, green or black tea.
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What are you going to do with astronauts who first reach the surface of Mars and then turn around and rocket back home-ward? What are they going to do, write their memoirs? Would they go again? Having them repeat the voyage, in my view, is dim-witted. Why don't they stay there on Mars?
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I love physical comedy. I love Oscar Wilde, I love Shakespeare comedies, I love improv.
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The left dismisses talk about the collapse of family life and talks instead about the emergence of the growing new diversity of family types.
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The key to why things change is the key to everything.
