Harry Dean Stanton Quotes
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It's an honor to live on a legacy, getting to do what we love to do and try to be the best musicians that we can possibly be.
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I have never appreciated a quiet moment with a friend as much, a quiet moment with a book and I think part of that is my obsession with being older and time going faster and it's become increasingly sweeter for me.
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I bungee-jump, skydive, surf and snowboard.
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Shakespeare is a wonderful language to speak, but it's also a world to get your mind into thematically.
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An artist's sphere of influence is the world.
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What I have done in my nine year career was just a glimpse of what I can do.
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When I'm writing a movie, it's usually pretty close to what the movie is going to be, which is just a luxury of being a writer-director.
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Even if we never cure a single disease, the Human Genome Project and other ventures will have been worth it.
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My parents are OK with me wearing a small heel, up to 1.5 inches high. Heels give me height when I wear such long dresses. For me, they complete the outfit.
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Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.
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I'm one of those people at the airport holding a pillow like a little kid.
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I am very aware that playwrights, particularly good ones, have a intention for everything they write. Language and punctuation is used specifically, and most of the time actors can find wonderful clues about character in the rhythm and cadence of the language used.
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I used to write fiction, non-fiction, fiction, non-fiction and have a clear pattern because I'd need a break from one style when going into the next book.
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I think Bill Finn's one of the geniuses of theatre, and James Lapine's one of the diamonds of my generation. The two together are a joy!
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I don't think Ed Horman could be dishonest if his life depended on it.
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Faith in God's revelation has nothing to do with an ideology which glorifies the status quo.
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It seems to me that we all look at Nature too much, and live with her too little.
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'Aye. Like knows like, sister'
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A dangerous book will always be in danger from those it threatens with the demand that they question their assumptions. They'd rather hang on to the assumptions and ban the book.
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Dementia resembles delirium in the same way an ultra-marathon resembles a dash across the street. Same basic components, vastly different scale. If you've run delirium's course once or twice in your life, try to imagine a version that never ends.
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I was determined to be an actor and make a name in the industry, and hence, I did.
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One always talks of surrendering to nature. There is also such a thing as surrendering to the picture.
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The more wit you have, the more good nature you must show, to induce people to pardon your superiority, for that is no easy matter.
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I am an actor and this is holding the mirror up to nature, as it were.
