James Lipton Quotes
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I think we know how to do Mars.
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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
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If Monsieur X spent an eternity studying treatises on optics, he would never paint 'La Grande Jatte.'
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I have three brothers, and they'd torture me if I ever told them I liked a boy.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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We look upon the enemy of our souls as a conquered foe, so he is, but only to God, not to us.
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Most of the cast and crew on 'Mama's Family' have been together since the 'Carol Burnett' days, so we work really well together. It's like I'm being paid to pretend I'm in show business.
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Everyone in Tool is interested in how we present our music. We write a group of songs that have a vibe, energy and feeling, and then we try to pick an image to capture that and communicate a feeling. We want something that adds to the connection with the audience.
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Making your first feature film is actually impossible.
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I'm always the interrogator. When I was an actor in rep, I always played sinister parts. The directors always said, 'If there's a nasty man about, cast Harold Pinter.'
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I'm excited about it, thrilled with the success thus far.
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I have always been like this. I take after my father. I'm just chill.
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I actually had a nickname as a player myself. When I played high school football in Texas, strong safety, they called me Choo Choo because they said I hit like a train.
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My passion for strengthening the community and making peoples' lives better is stronger now than when I first got into politics.
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Pop music will never be low brow.
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I wasn't necessarily the brightest in my family. I think my older sister was probably more clever, but I worked very hard.
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No visitors shall yonder valley find. Except the spirits of the rain and wind: Here you must bide, my friends, with me entombed In this dim crypt, where shelved around us lie The mummied authors.
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Being a fatherIs quite a bother,But I like it, rather.
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is a process of inner transformation, a conversation initiated by God and leading, if we consent, to divine union. One's way of seeing reality changes in the process. A restructuring of consciousness takes place which empowers one to perceive, relate and respond with increasing sensitivity to the divine presence in, through, and beyond everything that exists.
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My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, 'You're tearing up the grass'; 'We're not raising grass,' Dad would reply. 'We're raising boys.'
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I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.
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Love and hate are not opposites. The opposite of love is indifference.
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The foundation for film acting is stage acting.
