Jeff Bridges Quotes
My father, he really encouraged me to really get into acting. He loved it so much, and he taught all the basics.
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Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
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A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.
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My whole reason for creating a network is literally to bring little pieces of light. It's to continue to spread little pieces of light in the world, to illuminate the possibility of the human spirit.
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In some ways, with the security challenges this country has faced, we have had to put in rules and regulations for business to be able to sustain their growth and create jobs.
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If the British Isles had an official vegetable, it would have to be the potato.
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A startup is literally just a series of unfortunate events where you failed, failed, failed, and failed until you succeed.
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As a kid, I dreamed of being a pop star, a glamorous woman and traveling the world. And I've done that all my life.
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You have to forgive me because I have a habit of not winning things.
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There are those people that eat to live and those that live to eat. I am of the latter, as many of you already know. To me, eating is an adventure.
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Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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It's great fun to play with a really good band.
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Radio is a really strange business now, too. There's a very narrow door and a very few people control what gets played.
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During the time I was on The Hardy Boys, I was also watching other people's careers. I thought the next step was to be a movie star. I kept saying no to projects, and offers stopped coming in. I was no longer hot.
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Before I turned vegetarian, I used to often cook seafood or my favourite breakfast of eggs and bacon. Now, I love making pulao or rice with lots of spices and vegetables.
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There's that old theory that humankind and this planet were seen as the centre of the universe. That was thrown away - how could we be so presumptuous? Well, I subscribe to that.
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The problem with working under an outside label is that your music never seems to reach the right people.
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I love the American dream. I feel this is the place I was supposed to be in. It's beautiful. I love it.
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Britain in the 1970s was undoubtedly an economic mess because of the oil price explosion.
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I was born in Nizhny Novgorod to a very poor family and unfortunately my father and mother separated when I was very little.
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When a man of my father’s wealth dies of cancer, you know they haven’t found a cure.
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My father once told me of a trick question he used in a college class on forest fire control. If there was a fire coming from a certain direction and wind was coming from another, what was the best thing to do? The right answer was, "Run like hell and pray for rain," but few students ever got it. So allow yourself the freedom of knowing there are times to bail out, quit, run, leave the struggle, and have more time for joy.
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My father, he really encouraged me to really get into acting. He loved it so much, and he taught all the basics.
