John Dawson Winter III (Johnny Winter) Quotes
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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Two things form the bedrock of any open society - freedom of expression and rule of law. If you don't have those things, you don't have a free country.
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I remember the moon landings, and Apollo was the paradigm by which all progress was measured at that time. And I knew that creating a true space-faring civilization was both possible and practical. What I failed to realize was that the effort would fail due to bureaucratic inertia and political apathy.
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Science fiction frees you to go anyplace and examine anything.
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By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion; and all sects and denominations of Christians are placed upon the same equal footing, and are equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty.
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I love learning new things that will never be put to practical use.
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My neighborhood didn't really encourage women, though it didn't prevent women from progressing, either.
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I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.
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Every character I've ever played, I always try to take him right to the edge and not allow him to fall over, but directors have a tendency to pull me back a little bit.
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I'm a warrior for the middle class.
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You don't get money unless you have a lot of talent, which I don't have, or you work hard, which is what I do. We don't have any golden touch here.
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I was shot in the wrist when I was a kid. Deliberately.
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Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?
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When you live in L.A., it is easy to stay fit, as the weather is amazing.
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Most people don't know what they spend in every single area, but they know they have a problem in particular areas.
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I think the tone of the show has certainly changed over the years, because it's really, really hard to do something different when you have a show going on as long as this has.
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The key is a good story. If you have a good story, you have enough emotional beats that you can hit.
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I want to play until the end.
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Art brings people back to their sensibility as human beings. This is the purpose of art: To bring people together and bring back the humanity as well.
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Music for me is an emotional thing and it really does make me happy. It's not a tool for me to get fame or see my face in the papers or anything like that. It's about the fact that I really do enjoy it.
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My dad was vehemently opposed to electric guitars. He did not look on that kind of music as legitimate in any way.
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Scott Asheton was a brilliant drummer, a natural musician.
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They were ugly shoes, man. They were the ugliest shoes I've ever seen.
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My mother played piano so we always had music around the house.
