Harry Shearer Quotes
The first thing you've got to do is know your craft, and then you can do something else with it.
Quotes to Explore
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The thing that I took away as an early fan from Bob Dylan was the storytelling aspects. He can tell some wicked stories.
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I have a temper, but I wouldn't call me abusive.
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Sports should not become routine. It should be about passion.
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The interval between a cold expectation and a warm desire may be filled by expectations of varying degrees of warmth or by desires of varying degrees of coldness.
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If you're the Olympic champion then they have to wait four more years to get you again.
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The idea of exploring character relations and their development over a decade has to be appealing for any actor who cherishes his craft.
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I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.
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In some theoretical way I know that a half-million people hear the show. But in a day-to-day way, there's not much evidence of it.
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I have no problem twisting the facts if it's the only way I can be true to the moment.
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We know not of the future and cannot plan for it much.
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You know more about me than I do about myself, that's probably true.
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You don't have love without sacrifice; you can't have sacrifice without love.
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When there is no offense I make no defense.
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I don't want to waste my energy in other things; instead, I would put all that in reaching the next level in a craft that I love the most.
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What we hear now is great-sounding records with great-sounding grooves and loops. And the sound of these records is irresistible, but the craft of songwriting is just about over. That's why, whenever I get an opportunity to do an album full of standards, I jump at it because I miss it.
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The first thing you've got to do is know your craft, and then you can do something else with it.
