Bruce McCulloch Quotes
I'm just ah, actually developing a tv show for HBO, and I'm directing a film this summer, and actually I'm doing some live shows out in western Canada.
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I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms.
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I like playing sort-of-crazy people. There's something really, really fun about that.
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Humility is the gateway into the grace and the favor of God.
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That our government should have been maintained in its original form from its establishment until now is not much to be wondered at. It had many props to support it through that period, which now are decayed and crumbled away. Through that period, it was felt by all to be an undecided experiment; now, it is understood to be a successful one.
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I'm a capitalist. I believe that people take risk, and there are rewards if they do well; they should lose if they don't.
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The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II.
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Everyone dreams of living in Paris.
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How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view?
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The Mavericks and I have mutually agreed that it's in the best interest of both parties for me to step away from the team.
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Oh. Yes. There. Is. A. Lot of pressure. As a solo singer. Absolutely.
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To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts - absolute gifts - which have not been acquired by one's own effort. And, moreover, to succeed, the artist much possess the courageous soul.
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You have to captivate and entertain if you want your message to get across.
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I'm like the wine. The older I get, the better I get.
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As the Cold War melts into history, our first concern should be the preservation and extension of human rights and democracy.
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There are people who can never forgive a beggar for their not having given him anything.
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I have a very strong belief in God.
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I've always been fascinated by activists, people who will devote their life to a cause, people who go to India and to Africa and put their life in jeopardy to do what they believe is right.
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My motto is never to hold on to anything. I accept and then let go: not just the negatives, but the praise, too. Or it'll get to my head.
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I think that, at the end of the day, I'm drawn to a certain level of ambiguous storytelling that requires hard thought and work in the same way that the 'New York Times' crossword puzzle does: Sometimes you just want to put it down or throw it out the window, but there's a real rewarding sense if you feel like you've cracked it.
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In the past, I've been a bit diffident about my own albums, almost excusing them for some reason, even though deep down I felt strongly about them.
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Hunting for sport is an improvement over hunting for food, in that there has been added to the test of skill and ethical code, which the hunter formulates for himself, and must live up to without the moral support of bystanders.
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I have studios in the different places where I live - in Ibiza, Paris and London - but they're not crazy studios, they're just rooms with good monitors, and all I do is plug my laptop in. It's a different way to make music, but for me, I love it, because it's more connected to the world.
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I'm just ah, actually developing a tv show for HBO, and I'm directing a film this summer, and actually I'm doing some live shows out in western Canada.
