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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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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I love people who break boundaries and always create something new and fresh.
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I love talking to people, and I'll listen to what they have to say, and if they have ideas or something like that, I'll put you to work.
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The written word is the only anchor we have in life. How extraordinary would it be if we had even three or four paragraphs written honestly about their lives by our ancestors?
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I guess I'm not really fond of just chit-chatting. I want to learn something and have an experience.
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Food is my favourite thing in the world. I always say if I ate what I actually wanted to eat I'd be in one of those electronic scooters because I'd be too big.
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There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.
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As an actor, you always want to find a piece of who you are in every role you take on.
