Russell Banks Quotes
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Sometimes you just wonder whether people just don't have the sensitivity or decency. I'm a member of the media myself: I host a talk show. I know sometimes when you want to ask something, you can circumvent it with words and vocabulary. You don't suddenly just go out there and ask something directly in the pretense of being absolutely candid.
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A vote for Japan is a vote for the future of rugby. We will do our best to make rugby a global sport.
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I feel quite safe and isolated in Germany. My wife is very well known there. But I am only looked at when I am holding her hand.
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Because of the structure of the contemporary American party system, every president is polarizing.
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When you look at where the Democratic field is going relative to foreign policy, they are increasingly moving away from a policy of pre-emptive self-defense that the president has adopted since September 11.
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To compare Olympic sport with cricket would not be fair. Years back, cricket was a sport only for the classes, and we will also have to make other sports masses from classes like cricket.
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I'm opening gyms around the world to encourage people to get in shape and feel good about themselves; bringing art through dance to gyms to make my gyms different from other people's.
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I'm not really into movies on dates because you can't chat it up.
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Impatience is a virtue.
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I fall asleep everywhere! Someone recently asked if they could publish a book of pictures of me sleeping because there are so many.
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Children believe that if they just want something badly enough, it will happen.
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After 40, you want to reverse the ageing process. That's complicated for me because I spent so many years wanting to be older.
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Man developed in Africa. He has not continued to do so there.
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The object before us, to begin with, material production.
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I finally learned from Fred Durst, who is of my generation, that 'selling out' means every ticket at The Forum got sold. I don't think Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera sit there agonizing over their record sales. The term 'sell out' needs to be eradicated from the language, because if you don't 'sell out,' guess what? An asshole will.
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I'm a DJ who makes dance music who got to play with Sting.
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I keep lip gloss everywhere. It always makes me feel like I am slightly put together.
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All my inspiration comes from life. That's how it never stops, in a way.
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Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.
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My thing with fans is, it's always about being really good to them and taking the time to take every picture. If there are 300 people, you should take 300 pictures - you shouldn't take 250 because then fifty people will go home sad. Why would you do that?
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My directing style is long takes. The longer take I can do, the more I can think of not doing it in cuts, the better.
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I've always known I wanted to be an actor. It never crossed my mind to be anything else. I think I probably decided for sure when I saw 'Sounder'.
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I enjoy shooting. Around where I live, it's something you do for entertainment once in a while, you go out and shoot targets.
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If you dedicate your attention to discipline in your life you become smarter.
