Bryce Dessner Quotes
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I put everything I think is sexy into my shoes.
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It didn't scare me to be vulnerable because I think that's when you get something great.
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I think you could ask 10 English people the same question about class and get a very different answer.
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I'm very comfortable as a singer. In fact, I think it's more - I identified my self-esteem, my self more in those ways when I was growing up. I really - it was kind of my calling card as a kid.
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We did an album one time called White Mansions, about the civil war, but it was written by a guy from England. His looking at it from over there and it not being a part of his history made it so he could be objective.
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But freedom, liberty, is an attribute of the soul and it may exist even when the body is in bondage.
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Comics seldom move me the way I would be moved by a novel or movie.
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If you can't play guitar and sing in Nashville, you might as well just be a construction worker.
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My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.
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Fear obscures reason, intensifies emotions, and makes it easier for demagogic politicians to mobilize the public on behalf of the policies they want to pursue.
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I don't want to hear about my death.
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Whatever you're selling, storage or networking or security, you're going head to head with the incumbent players.
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When you seek advice, do not withhold any facts from the person whose advice you seek.
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I wanted to start working on something that had a lasting effect.
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The series of photographic operations, developing, washing, final drying, takes about quarter of an hour.
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I don't look back. I look forward and plan new shows. That's really feeding the most important part of working in the theater.
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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I was a little nervous backstage. But I had this book, Gandhi. I just read his quotes, closed my eyes and focused my thoughts. Presently, this book is my prized possession.
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He took a lie detector test. I had him take a polygraph, which he passed, which forever destroyed my faith in polygraphs (laughter).
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It's a very, very rare moment when another actor hurts you. That's not normal. If anything, it's the actor accidentally punching the stunt double, which happens quite a bit.
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My husband travels a lot with his job, so we have a lot of frequent flyer miles so we can hop on a plane with no notice. That's a nice luxury and he is very supportive.
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You'll note that politicians no longer spend money, they invest it. Don't worry about paying more to the [IRS]. You aren't being taxed; you're taking a plunge on a fly-by-night stock issue.
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Diplomacy, n. The patriotic art of lying for one's country.
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Art is a way of life.
