Butch Trucks Quotes
Listen to John Coltrane. When he plays 'A Love Supreme,' that guy is totally into himself.
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The main threat to the future of Europe is not those who want to come here to live but our own political, economic, and intellectual elites bent on transforming Europe against the clear will of the European people.
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If they understand, which I believe they really are sensing, that the alternative the Republicans have been offering is to repeal what we've done, to go back to Bush policies - and if you asked the public what would you prefer, Bush economic policies or Obama economic policies, they take and prefer Obama economic policies.
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Tone is somewhat totalising in that, once I locate it, it tells me what kind of syntax to use, what word choices to make, how much white space to leave on the page, what sentence length, what the rhythmic patterning will be. If I can't find the tone, I sometimes try narrating through the point of view of someone else.
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I can't read novels while I'm writing a novel, because somebody's voice creeps in.
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They always say, 'Time heals.' But it really doesn't. You just get used to it. I live life with the mentality of 'OK, I lost the only thing that has ever been important to me.' So going forward, anything bad that happens can't be nearly as bad as what happened before.
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As long as I was well fed, I was a very, very nice child. I just used my imagination and played with Barbies. I was pretty easy.
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Item numbers are not my cup of tea.
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I'm an actor. That's what I'm gifted at. It's what makes me breathe.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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I hate negative ads in general.
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Success doesn't mean that you are healthy, success doesn't mean that you're happy, success doesn't mean that you're rested. Success really doesn't mean that you look good, or feel good, or are good.
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Music fills the infinite between two souls.
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Nobody seems to know yet how television is going to affect the radio, movies, love, housekeeping or the church, but it has definitely revived vaudeville.
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The Oscar buzz when I was nominated was totally overwhelming. I think I can cope with anything now that I've coped with that. It was huge. It makes you realize, coming from a small country like Australia, what an enormous industry it is in America.
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I love Le'Veon Bell.
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It's definitely a necessity to make split-second decisions when you're doing gymnastics because things don't always go perfect.
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I'd like to win an Oscar.
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I'm a writer, so whatever gymnastics jump through my head, I write about it.
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I'm trying to do things I have never done. Like I recently went to 3 different ballets. And I loved trying to learn how to like those a little bit.
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A guy named Charlie Beacham was my first mentor at Ford. He taught me the importance of the dealers, and he rubbed my nose in the retail business.
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Religious apologists complain bitterly that atheists and secularists are aggressive and hostile in their criticism of them. I always say: look, when you guys were in charge, you didn't argue with us, you just burnt us at the stake. Now what we're doing is, we're presenting you with some arguments and some challenging questions, and you complain.
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needed to offer a personal, passionate and sincere renunciation of racism and segregation in all its forms, and he did that.
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The secret to a long marriage is to stay gone.
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Listen to John Coltrane. When he plays 'A Love Supreme,' that guy is totally into himself.
