Russell Hornsby Quotes
The thing is, about a character, it's not about being right, it's about the truth. The truth comes from within, so you have to search as an artist for the truth.
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Not really, drums found me, I just liked music, all kinds of music.
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I was very lucky when I started doing comedy because I hadn't seen much stand-up. I just got up on stage and did it without thinking.
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The security link between us and Europe is very important for European security but also for our security.
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Freud was a hero. He descended to the Underworld and met there stark terrors. He carried with him his theory as a Medusa's head which turned these terrors to stone.
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Our culture is intent on taking the lines out of people's faces - surgically, with costly creams, and with fear and trembling - when, in fact, the opposite should be the case. As artists know, if there is anything behind a face, that face improves with age.
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In the end, you have to protect yourself at all times.
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There's a certain fear of simplicity. I think that's the thing, when you're younger as an artist, you get this idea in your head that complexity equals quality. The more notes you're playing, the better.
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Workplaces still operate like it's 1962 and one person is always at home, and they are not very good at adjusting for the fact that a majority of women work and take care of children.
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Suffrage is a common right of citizenship. Women have the right of suffrage. Logically it cannot be escaped.
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A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.
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Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.
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I give two hoots about being typecast. It's not in my hands.
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I'm not a big texter anyway. I'm really slow at it and so I try to avoid it to avoid embarrassment, you know what I mean?
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I was impressed by the Taj Mahal. A good bit of work, well looked after, worth paying money to see.
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I want poverty to end in tomorrow's Pakistan. I want every girl in Pakistan to go to school.
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Hospitals are about healing.
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People had this image of the Jacksons as the perfect American family and I destroyed that image. But what people have to understand is writing that book was very healing for me.
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I remember a big meeting with the hosiery trade in Harold's ministerial room.
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I want to write songs people can sing along to. I can think of nothing more exciting than travelling the world and playing to audiences and having them sing your words along with you.
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I'm still having fun and as long as skiing is enjoyable, I'm going to continue to do it.
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I started playing the violin when I was 5, but by the time I was 12 or 13, I wasn't really liking it.
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It's very easy to approach a character like that - a so-called strong woman who overcomes the odds - and give a one-note performance, playing that strength alone. Strength is only one thing a person has.
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The thing is, about a character, it's not about being right, it's about the truth. The truth comes from within, so you have to search as an artist for the truth.
