Walter O'Brien Quotes
It's an honor for me to contribute to Houston's younger generations and show them that 'smart is cool.'
Quotes to Explore
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I think people like musicals. And when done with a modern comedic sensibility, musical comedy can be the most efficient delivery of both storytelling and jokes.
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I'd like to meet a lovely man who shares my interests. On the other hand, I possibly will not. It's part of the hand you're dealt. It's a challenge-and I'm not atypical.
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But there's no reason why we should abdicate our foundational principles because certain groups don't believe in them. You know, no majority should surrender its deeply held beliefs to those who don't believe in anything.
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At MTV, although the audience is smaller, I found it more interesting to deliver news to a specific group of people, because my story then did not have to try to be all things to all people.
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Novelty is always welcome but talking pictures are just a fad.
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I want to pursue a career in film.
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Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?
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Oh, I find it very easy to fall in love.
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He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
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When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.
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I'm not really a piano player, but I play enough to get away with it.
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Leading from behind doesn't work.
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I just feel I've got thousands and thousands of young fans that have to learn about what's real when it comes to AIDS.
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The lovers of romance can go elsewhere for satisfaction but where can the lovers of truth turn if not to history?
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If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind.
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My daughter passed away in 2003.
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I have a theory that if you're famous more years than you're not famous, then you get a little nutty.
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One of the rules of the road is that if you want to create the sense of silence, it frequently has more pungency if you include the tiniest of sounds. By manipulating what you hear and how you hear it and what other things you don't hear, you can not only help tell the story, you can help the audience get into the mind of the character.
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I don't want to produce anymore small or independent movies because it's just too hard these days.
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I remember going from rookie ball to A, to double A, then to triple A. At every level it seemed like the game was faster. The bigger the situation, the more the game speeds up. That's all mental. It messes people up.
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Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.
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If you put up a blog, people can cut out the middle man and get material to you. Which is really helpful because a lot of time there's really cool stuff out there that we just don't see. Because, y'know, the agent is acting in our best interest, but it does sometimes prevent some of the good stuff from getting through.
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The only thing I would change is during the summer - when I was working my summer job, if I was smart, I would have taken flying lessons at Auburn.
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It's an honor for me to contribute to Houston's younger generations and show them that 'smart is cool.'
