Harry Dean Stanton Quotes
People kept asking me, 'When are you singing again?' so I kept doing it. It was that simple.
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Mostly people are ignorant, what is the language of painting. You know, they're ignorant. It is so difficult to make them aware, but time will teach them.
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I made my parents crazy. As a kid, I redecorated my bedroom every month. I would literally save my allowance and go buy things.
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How much do you engage yourself in what's truly real and important in life? That's the individual question.
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As a mom, I don't have much time for beauty.
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As a child, I remember my dad would sometimes drive me into town with him to play pinball machines together. It's a bittersweet memory but also a favorite.
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Feeling really safe as an actor is not a great thing because you're not learning or growing.
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No good actor ever stops learning. He is constantly evolving.
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There's a policy now of opening the doors to the outside world.
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I've always been about how will digital be transforming established businesses, and that's what I've done.
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We still need to be conscious of the fact that Russia has intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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I was able to do well for myself, make a statement in the league. I had a heck of a time doing it, but at the end of the day, it's about me and my family and being comfortable and being fun.
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My appetite for public policy and changing it, and not only being a part of the conversation, but affecting it in a positive way, never diminished after 10 years in Congress.
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I feel blessed to be having a really easy pregnancy.
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Not to sound too pessimistic, but I just don't see me having the film career that I maybe hoped for after 'The Birdcage.' I think people just didn't know what to do with me.
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I want money; I just don't want that money lying around.
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It is not fun singing about losing somebody like that, but at the same time it was easy to write because the memories were so real and vivid and so much a part of who I am.
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CERN is a concrete example of worldwide, international co-operation - and a concrete example of peace. The place which makes, in my opinion, better scientists, but also better people.
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Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.
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Infinite Love is who we really are and who we refuse to be. This refusal is our most essential tension.
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I don't believe in revenge. When people are bullies it's because of a deeper-rooted issue - either their family life is tough or they're being bullied by someone bigger than they are.
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Persistence is a pretty important part of making it in this business, which, in retrospect, is the easy part. Maintaining a profile is the difficult part of the job. Somehow or another, I muddled through that system and somehow am around to still enjoy playing for people.
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The Poor Man whom everyone speaks of, the Poor Man whom everyone pities, one of the repulsive Poor from whom charitable souls keep their distance, he has still said nothing. Or, rather, he has spoken through the voice of Victor Hugo, Zola, Richepin. At least, they said so. And these shameful impostures fed their authors. Cruel irony, the Poor Man tormented with hunger feeds those who plead his case.
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People kept asking me, 'When are you singing again?' so I kept doing it. It was that simple.
