Larenz Tate Quotes
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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I feel very German - and who can make himself a judge over what is German and what is not - in my ideas and the ideas of my spiritual brothers of German origin.
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The idea that computers can ever replace teachers and schools reveals a deep lack of understanding about the role leadership plays in student success.
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There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free.
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Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.
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We've got a yawl named the Phebe, which is named for a boat in a whaling journal my father and I edited. We keep a copy of the journal on board.
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Words should have the power to inform and to move, not the power to send people scurrying away. But if you attach that much emotional energy to a word, it gives people the power to hurt each other.
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The first drafts of my novels have all been written in longhand, and then I type them up on my old electric. I have resisted getting a computer because I distrust the whole PC thing. I don't think a great book has yet been written on computer.
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To try to fix the future is a manifest absurdity.
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I've been able to make some wonderful films, but sometimes you make films with great passion - great belief - and these films slightly don't work at the box office, and they become your favorite films.
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I have loved Elliott Carter's music for many years.
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Different directors have different things, so when I left Mike Leigh, as it were, and I went into other projects after 'All or Nothing,' it took some getting used to - what do you mean there's a script?!?' That kind of thing.
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It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
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Books allow you to see the world through the eyes of others.
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I am slightly fascinated by the question of whether humanity is capable of change. I may have come to the conclusion that we're not, but we keep trying.
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Our forefathers made one mistake. What they should have fought for was representation without taxation.
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I got a little bit lost in the writing process: like, that moment in the 'Fight Song' music video where I'm throwing the crumpled paper on the bed, that was really true life. I was filling journals with different possibilities of lyrics for the first verse. And none of them felt right.
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If a woman writes about a domestic situation, everyone automatically assumes that it's about her.
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I've always found it embarrassing to receive awards.
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Friendships are the family we make - not the one we inherit. I've always been someone to whom friendship, elective affinities, is as important as family.
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Your wrinkles either show that you're nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you're always smiling.
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Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both.
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As an actor, you always want to find a piece of who you are in every role you take on.
