Jock Sturges Quotes
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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My songs have a lot going on in them -they're packed with sounds. When I have only three or four minutes to capture something, I guess I can't stand the idea of any bar going unloved.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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It's really hard for me, every day, to confront my writing. It never gets easier over time.
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Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented.
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I've lived in New York for a really long time.
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In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
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Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.
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I recently went to New York for the first time, and honey, I'm in love with that place. I'm obsessed with its sausages.
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When you're a teenage girl, a lot of being pretty has to do with your hair.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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I don't know, a lot of people go crazy about 'Breaking Bad,' but I don't like the soap opera aspect of it and only following one character. I like the context to all of it, all the pieces, like 'The Wire.' It's more about the state of things; it's not about the narrative of a person.
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I've been a big astrophysics nut since I was 12. I have always had a real soft spot for the bizarreness of quantum mechanics. But I gave up on being a scientist in high school - I'm just not that good at math.
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Small aim is a crime.
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Anyone who has played the game professionally, you're always taught that the ball is the most important, most precious thing, so when the ball hits the ground, it's always a mad scramble. It's amazing how many times there is a fumble, and the person who recovers it initially doesn't walk away with the ball.
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My roles in the '80s were, like, gender dysphoric. I wasn't pretty, I wasn't this, I wasn't that. And I am kind of butchy, you know. That's just my thing.
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Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.
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Sadly, in the name of progress, we have polluted the air, water, soil and the food we eat.
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I feel like a nuclear missile. Point me in that direction, I'll go.
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My vision for the future always centers around our children - it always centers around our children. So anytime anybody asks me what are the three most important issues facing the Congress, I always say the same thing: 'Our children, our children, our children.'
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The ideal and the beautiful are identical; the ideal corresponds to the idea, and beauty to form; hence idea and substance are cognate.
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That's the American way. If little kids don't aspire to make money like I did, what the hell good is this country?
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The resolution of conflict in self is like the making one of opposites in art.
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What I'm good at is making art.
