Bruce Feiler Quotes
The older I get, the more I realize that religion is not going to be easily marginalized by one of its wannabe successors - science, capitalism, consumerism.
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I'm constantly thinking about the role, and there's an infinite amount of questions you can ask yourself about a character to the point that it's hard to find the boundaries of when to not work.
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Years ago, I noticed one thing about economics, and that is that economists didn't get anything right.
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The taps with the bat on the spikes are one for my grandmother, one for my grandfather, one for my little sister. Then the one on the helmet is showing faith in God that I can do it.
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I knew it would break his heart if I didn't go into the business.
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Acting offers me an outlet. Here is the perfect opportunity to spend fleeting moments becoming an entirely different person; to experience a character entirely unlike myself, but to also make such a character a part of me. There is no routine here; there is no boredom.
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You can't live your life through your children.
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There's no musical landscape to poetry. It has somewhat of a higher standard than songs, I think.
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The best way to cope with trouble is to stay out of it as much as possible.
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Have a little faith. Don't give up.
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Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.
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Thou shalt not give birth reluctantly.
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I personally don't even try to compare New York and L.A. To me, they are just way too different.
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The hits I had in the '80s - I made those deals directly with American companies.
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I knew that going on 'One Tree Hill' was going to be an incredible vehicle for the record. What is amazing about it is that my role on the show is, you know, basically playing a musician, and all the songs she plays are off my record.
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The media is controlled.
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You're miserable, edgy and tired. You're in the perfect mood for journalism.
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I follow a simple formula when I compose. I ask myself, 'What would the audience want to hear?' and 'Why would they buy my CDs?' And the process of answering these questions through music follows. Sometimes, it works. Sometimes, it backfires.
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I stay excited 'cause for me, this is something I love to do. I'm like Coca Cola with it. I been here for a long time, I just gotta keep it nice and stay up to date and also give them that quality taste that they been looking for. It's nothing to me. When you built for it, you born for it, you do it cuz you wanna do it, not cuz you have to.
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I love making new friends and I respect people for a lot of different reasons.
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I feel like L.A. is more of a showcase, and Chicago is a pure comedy scene where you're doing comedy for comedy. You're doing comedy actually for the audience that's there.
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You're always nervous about what critics say - about what anybody has to say, really.
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The older I get, the more I realize that religion is not going to be easily marginalized by one of its wannabe successors - science, capitalism, consumerism.
