Matthew Desmond Quotes
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Art is inspiring. Walking into a gallery, or when the lights go up on a stage; that thrill of getting something that has nothing to do with acquisition.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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I would go visit my mom on Sundays, and my brother was working on stuff. I'd go in there and sing a little melody, then we started working with words and the next thing you know it was just born organically without really trying.
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Everything we do helps the new artists in the long run.
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Being made in the image of God, man was the crown of creation.
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Saving enough to retire has become impossible for most Americans.
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Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.
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Every actor looks all his life for a part that will combine his talents with his personality... 'The Odd Couple' was mine. That was the plutonium I needed. It all started happening after that.
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Obviously, I love country music, so I wanna be able to live in the country music genre and then play to country music fans.
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I enjoy roles that are quite physical.
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One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I think that applies to everything in life. We live as though there aren't enough hours in the day but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress.
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I think there's too much saturated color in comics, thanks to digital color techniques.
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I feel like actors, having spent a lot of time on movie sets, tend to make decent directors, because they've been there, they know what they're doing, they've seen it done right, they've seen it done wrong, and they feel comfortable. There's not a lot of chin-scratching and wondering what your next move is.
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In Japan people drive on the left. In China people drive on the right. In Vietnam it doesn't matter.
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The flames roll'd on-he would not goWithout his father's word;That father, faint in death below,His voice no longer heard.
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I think of myself as an actor and not a movie star. I like doing movies; I enjoy it. But, essentially, I'm a theater actor. That's the only place I feel like I actually am a star. In the theater, I can put people in the seats and sell tickets.
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Now hollow fires burn out to black,And lights are guttering low:Square your shoulders, lift your pack,And leave your friends and go.Oh never fear, man, nought's to dread,Look not to left nor right:In all the endless road you treadThere's nothing but the night.
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I think that 'God & Guns' turned out a little more 'country' than we wanted it to be.
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One is just an interpreter of what the playwright thinks, and therefore the greater the playwright, the more satisfying it is to act in the plays.
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I want to help transgender individuals who might be struggling realize that they have to love themselves and stay true to who they are because if they keep moving forward, and keep a positive attitude, then things will get better.
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Without dreams, there can be no courage. And without courage, there can be no action.
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The minority is sometimes right; the majority always wrong.
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Good stuff tends to happen gradually, whereas violence or catastrophes are deemed more newsworthy.
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You do learn how to cope from those who are coping.
