Burt Shavitz Quotes
I'm less interested in the inside of whatever it is I own than on the outside of what it sits on.
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People who matter are most aware that everyone else does too.
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I thought marriage was something very quiet and very regular and very bourgeois.
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It is easy to get an interesting loop to happen, but it becomes a collage when the song and loop are constantly changing.
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Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could've had.
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I was from a tough neighborhood, and we didn't have a lot of money, but my dad worked hard, and my mom is good at budgeting things. That made me appreciate things.
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I am in the infantry for 17 weeks and after that I don't know where I am going.
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I think I take on a little more responsibility when push comes to shove. I'm not scared to fail.
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There are other writers who try for subtle and minimalists effects, but I don't travel in that tribe.
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People ask if I walk around and pinch myself. Yes, I do.
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I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won't contribute anything themselves. Give them just a suggestion and you get them working with you. That's what gives the theater meaning: when it becomes a social act.
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I'm from the gulf coast of Louisiana.
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It is possible that, post-Kyoto, the developed countries will recognise the requirements of the developing world.
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When I first started, I just wanted to work. I wouldn't necessarily do anything, but I'd pretty much almost do anything at the very beginning.
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You can usually tell when people aren't being authentic, but that goes for every artist, not just white artists.
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God spoke to me and called me to His Service. What form this service was to take the voice did not say.
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I'm a believer in what your record is. I am what my record is - some of it good, some of it bad, some of it hard to tell.
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Most of the fans of John Lennon and maybe John and Yoko are younger than me.
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To fund major cultural efforts, we must not rely alone on government and foundation patronage; if the farmer can spend for beer, he can pay for good entertainment which he can understand, which he can identify with and which will fortify his spirit.
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We could try freedom for a while. We had it for a long time. That's where you sell something, and I agree to buy it because I like it. That is how we operate in most of rest of the marketplace other than health care.
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I'm learning how to live in the present and be grateful for what's working rather than look for the 'what's not working' piece.
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The so-called science of poll-taking is not a science at all but mere necromancy. People are unpredictable by nature, and although you can take a nation's pulse, you can't be sure that the nation hasn't just run up a flight of stairs.
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I am
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Although I may find the type of programming seen during the 2004 Super Bowl and the 2003 Golden Globe Awards disgusting and disturbing, we must always work hard to defend the cherished freedoms so clearly outlined in our Constitution, including a healthy and free press.
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I'm less interested in the inside of whatever it is I own than on the outside of what it sits on.
