Ry Cooder Quotes
Musicians understand each other through means other that speaking.
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Many artists and writers have used cannabis for creative stimulation - from the writers of the world's religious masterpieces to our most irreverent satirists.
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I don't know if it's because I'm Latina or something, but I have no problem speaking my mind.
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One of my favorite things about 'Star Trek' wasn't just the overt banter but the humor in that show about the relationships between the main characters and their reactions to the situations they would face; there was a lot of comedy in that show without ever breaking its reality.
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Acting for me is very therapeutic. It's my shrink.
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The obviously inexperienced pilot is the game the scientific air-fighter goes after, and the majority of victories are won that way. But, on the other hand, it is the novice usually who gets the famous ace by doing at some moment the unexpected thing.
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Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.
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I think I can regard myself as a political decision-maker.
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She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).
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To come in and win three races already this year and maybe set a record by winning four is pretty unique. But guys like Mark Martin, Rusty Wallace and these guys are not wanting that to happen.
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It's much better to wreak havoc on a show and be a maniac than promote myself. Plugs and anecdotes aren't really in line with my beliefs. Besides, if someone sees me on a morning show and thinks, 'That's not funny; this guy is crazy,' then I don't want them to come to the show anyway.
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As an actor, you're sort of the court-appointed lawyer for the character.
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The great majority of Baghdad is a slum - a lot of it's new, but it's still slum. It's usually this concrete-block, one-room design with a door and a window, arranged one-up, one-down, often with a shop with nothing in it on the first floor, and then a one-room apartment above it. There's street after street after street of that stuff.
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I don't think I've ever watched a movie to prepare for a role.
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I've always looked the same, and every 10 years, I'm a little bit in fashion.
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I am as omnivorous as it's possible to be. I always say there's nothing I won't eat and nothing I won't wear.
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What is a struggle is that acting isn't a place where you go to work and you do that thing. There aren't set boundaries, like an office, where you go and work. For me, the work is always on my mind.
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So, it happened pretty fast, but, it is causing a lot of stir, which thrills me that people still remember the songs.
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Every nation has to follow a certain policy: Commercial, trade, various other types of policies.
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My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.
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The Americans expect great things of me ... If the small Czech nation can have such musicians, they say, why could not they, too, when their country and people is so immense.
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I consider music to be a service and I am trying to serve the music, the musicians and the audience the best I can at every moment.
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Musicians understand each other through means other that speaking.
