Jeff Bridges Quotes
My mother and my father were very nurturing and wonderful examples of how to live your life. I really had a cool foundation.
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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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I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity.
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I have a love/hate relationship with just about everything, but certainly with America.
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If someone says, 'I love that lipstick,' I will always try to answer, honestly, if I know what color it is. It's a connective tissue.
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Violence would be a huge gift to those who want a divided Lebanon.
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She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge that.
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I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
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We do have serious energy needs for the country, we are aware that natural gas is especially in demand because of its air quality benefits: 90 percent of new power plants have been natural gas-powered.
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You can't say somebody is a bust if they're making plays and running to the ball.
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Faith is personal if it's to be real.
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I'm a conservative Republican, small-business guy, married to same gal - love of my life - for 36 years. Strong family man, deacon at my church; I believe in America. I know government is not the answer; individual liberty and personal responsibility is the answer.
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There are always going to be critics... and I have always had a rule: no matter how good the commentary is, or how bad the commentary is, it's more important that you do what you think is right.
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The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read.
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Contemporary architects tend to impose modernity on something. There is a certain concern for history, but it's not very deep.
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Men don't avoid successful women because they're jealous; they often do it to avoid being in competition with her next job promotion.
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It costs a great deal of money to do a musical, and the more money involved, the more big business influences the artform.
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Whatever you do needs to be sustainable over time, and taking the money in the short term and taking it in a bubble - like buying an Internet stock in 2000 - may not be sustainable.
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Even the best parents have to spend so much time making ends meet that they cannot help their kids with homework or afford the extra tutoring that wealthier students enjoy. To address these unjust disparities, we need an early education revolution.
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As a standup comedian, you have to develop a sense of fearlessness. It's really important for your livelihood and your well-being. And if you don't do that, you're going to fail; you're never going to be able to stand up on the cliff and jump off.
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Football used to be my god but no longer is. I still love it, I'm still aggressive, I still want to be very successful at it, I want to win a lot of football games. And my job is to be the best football player in the world, because it affords me a life; it pays, it's my job, and so it hasn't dulled my senses for the game or the love or the great excitement I get from the game. It's just that I'm very much at peace with myself because of my faith.
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I like to play football, read some books, study.
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Money is not everything. My ambition was football itself, not the money I'd make from it. If that brings me and my family a more comfortable lifestyle, then that's fine. But I don't spend my time between games and training sessions thinking about figures.
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I've reached a point in my life where going to the supermarket is a day out.
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My mother and my father were very nurturing and wonderful examples of how to live your life. I really had a cool foundation.
