Harry Dean Stanton Quotes
It's just so frustrating when you're in a supporting role because you only get to express a part of yourself.
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Sometimes when it comes to the iconic kind of moments, when I read the script for the first time, you get little goose bumps or something because it really is kind of exciting.
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I spent the first five years of my life in Punjab, India, and then moved to New York.
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I've put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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I actually run a non-profit where one of the main objectives is to branch out and get a new audience for the theater. Just because the writing is so good and nothing is more effective than seeing something live and happening right in front of your face, so I definitely want to continue to pursue that.
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Anyone who still supports George Bush would still let Michael Jackson babysit their kids.
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He was so honest you could play craps with him over the phone.
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If any artist abuses his audience as a means to any end, noble or ignoble, he better have a damn good reason for it.
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I love the 1,500 meters. I knew that, if I had to do it to win, I'd run under 4:05. That means I could pick up 100 points, maybe even 150 points, on anybody in the world.
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What is wealth? A dream of fools.
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All that's left now is purely poetic work, putting more life into individual places, as I've made so sure of the fundamental mood and dimension of expression that it won't leave me groping around in uncertainty any more.
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I was never a DC kid - I went through a phase from, like, 11 to 17 where I would try to buy as many Marvel titles as possible. And '2000 AD' was kind of the sort of sci-fi/punk of British comics.
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I have learned not only that the colors and the sounds of war are the same, but the fears of war are the same. You know, there is a fear of dying.
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I look at Google and think they have a strong academic culture. Elegant solutions to complex problems.
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Until Genevieve I had tended towards the more dramatic type of role.
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I think religion is a gateway for spiritual awakening.
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In a weird way, that's the beauty of being an actor. You get to live out things that you're afraid of, and you get to say, 'Well, maybe I can get to the end of it and survive it intact and I can be the hero of my own story.' It's kind of a way of exorcising fear.
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Women simply need to know the right technique of shaving to get the best results.
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I served my country in uniform for 26 years.
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When I grew up, and I think about City Council, I look at the men and women then - these were people who just wanted to be a part of the community and give something back. They weren't necessarily trying to use it as a steppingstone to something else. I looked up to those people.
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I remember with my first album, I was so scared of messing it up, of blowing the opportunity, that I blew it.
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I love playing a dad. It's hard to find family dramas that are genuinely funny.
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I met a Shanghai photographer who finds these old streets and matches the French names to what they are today. I was able to find my grandfather's block, and just walking the same streets and finding his house was deeply moving. I finally felt connected to China.
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The training and equipping of Iraqi security forces should be accelerated.
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It's just so frustrating when you're in a supporting role because you only get to express a part of yourself.
