Russell Banks Quotes
Through writing, through that process, they realize that they become more intelligent, and more honest and more imaginative than they can be in any other part of their life.
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Unlike the Marxists, I have no mind block against the U.S.
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I was certainly a better actor after my five years in Hollywood. I had learned to be natural - never to exaggerate. I found I could act on the stage in just the same way as I had acted in a studio: using my ordinary voice, eliminating gestures, keeping everything extremely simple.
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The four walls of paper are like a prison because every idea wants to spring out in all directions - everything is connected with everything else, sometimes more than others.
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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I like junk food, French fries, hamburgers - I love it.
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Writing is much, much harder than taking pictures because you have to man-haul it all out of your insides.
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Dolphins games always have been among the most popular NFL telecasts in England.
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It is always interesting and sometimes even important to have intimate knowledge of a composer's life, but it is not essential in order to understand the composer's works.
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Any commodity that sees its price going higher will see new mines opening up. When the supply increases, the prices soften. When prices fall, some mines with higher production costs will shut down as they become unviable.
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I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music.
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It was kind of exciting being on the radio. Not everybody was on the radio.
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I'm a pro-horserace guy.
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Let's just say I decided that while my son is young I don't want to do projects that would take me away for months.
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I'm proud to have played characters who've inspired people to live out loud, and I'm lucky to have reached an audience that's been incredibly enthusiastic and supportive.
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The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.
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The poet is the priest of the invisible.
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The minute I understand a man, he is no longer exciting and a challenge to me. And the last thing in the world I want is for a man to understand me and know what's always going on inside my head. It takes away from all my mystery, which, as I've told you before, is the most important thing between a man and a woman.
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One of the very basic ideas of Post-Modernism is rejection of arbitrary power structures. Different people are sensitive to different kinds of power structures.
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With my trumpet voice, I love gritty, plunger, growly sounds. But vocally, I love Anita O'Day - a raspier but definitely softer sound. Part of the fun has been finding vehicles or writing for both of those sounds.
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'An Unquiet Mind' wasn't hard to write in terms of the actual writing of it.
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In the U.S. Army, you are cut down for being honest.
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Never judge a work of art by its defects.
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I don't want to be known as this goody-two-shoes who can only do comedies where puppies are licking peanut butter off my face.
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Through writing, through that process, they realize that they become more intelligent, and more honest and more imaginative than they can be in any other part of their life.
