George Crumb Quotes
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I was in art school since I was five years old. I've always been to art school. Everything that's happened to me, nothing's been planned. I've never had a business plan. I just kind of fell into it, and I liked it, and I took a chance. I took a lot of chances in my life.
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You can't judge your characters or otherwise; it's not about you, it's about them.
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Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.
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If I don't write down a thought - or an image or a line of poetry - the instant it comes to mind, it vanishes, which explains why I have pens and notebooks in my pants and coat pockets, the car, the bicycle basket, on one or two desks in every room including bathrooms and the kitchen.
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Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
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My fans are so loving and encouraging. They're with me on good days and bad days.
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Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.
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If a film is a huge hit, you do think properly before choosing your next projects.
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Naturally, I was a bit of a curiosity, being the first hydrogen peroxide ingestion patient they had ever seen.
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Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys.
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Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.
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If God is not sending earthquakes, destroying economies and inflicting pain upon human beings, what is God doing? God works through people, calling them to help their neighbors in need. God comforts His people, walking with them even 'through the valley of the shadow of death.'
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I was probably the only revolutionary referred to as cute.
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Learning about factory farms and their horrendous treatment of animals is what made me become vegetarian in the first place. I also support the education of the public on adopting pets from animal shelters or saving homeless animals off the street in lieu of buying them from pet shops.
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I have no advice for anyone on how to live.
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When you work so hard on making a film, it's all worthwhile when you get to experience seeing that film with an audience who thoroughly enjoy it and react to the movie.
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Usually, I just don't care what I look like. If it's cold, I'm, like, putting on whatever I have to to be warm.
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If Republicans want to be seen as more compassionate, they should continue to stand proudly for the sanctify of life and marriage. And they should do so without apologizing.
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The important thing about any book is that you have to have a good story and that it has to be exciting. Then it's nice to add other levels underneath that people can pick up on.
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Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.
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Being a writer can be a very lonely profession, but having a network of people who can sympathize with everything you're going through - from contract issues to the terror of changing your novel from past- to present-tense - is an invaluable asset.
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There's a big difference between a movie about relationships and a movie in which people talk about relationships. It seems like a lot of people have confused the two.
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When you have one foot in the future and the other in the past, you piss on the present.
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I frequently hear our present period described as uncertain, confused, chaotic.
