Scott Speedman Quotes
And when I have lived elsewhere, every two weeks I have to fly back to LA. Even New York directors go there to audition. So I have to be there to a degree.
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I happen to miss the Constitution; I thought it was a good document.
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I don't really set out to please anybody, and I don't think I ever have. I have occasionally been encouraged to try to write something specifically for the purpose of releasing it as a single to get radio play. Those are not my best songs, as a rule.
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He's going to be around a long, long time, if his body holds up. That's always a concern with a lot of players because of how much they play. A lot of guys can't handle it. But it looks like he can.
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Art is that which comes to a man, and stands between himself and an implacable witness: the work.
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Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.
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This is hip-hop. If you've got something you want to rap about, just rap about it, man.
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Find your own specific voice in filmmaking and go for it. Either people will get it or they won't and that's what it's all about.
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I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre.
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So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the necessity of doing something.
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The reason I dislike talking about the creative process is that I do have a creative process that is a winner and it's a sure thing.
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On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it requires a pretty awful person. When you read these biographies of famous conductors, they are all awful people who fail in their private relationships.
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Survival can be summed up in three words - never give up. That's the heart of it really. Just keep trying.
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Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy.
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I played soccer, recreationally, in college.
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If you are dyslexic, your eyes work fine, your brain works fine, but there is a little short circuit in the wire that goes between the eye and the brain. Reading is not a fluid process.
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Our intentions may be very good, but, because the intelligence is limited, the action may turn out to be a mistake - a mistake, but not necessarily a sin, for sin comes out of a wrong intention.
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You've got certain guys that just want to be famous and then you've got the real musicians that just love playing music.
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Mom still has a huge, beautifully decorated Christmas tree. The whole family comes together after midnight mass and has the traditional plum cake and wine. We spend the night at mom's home, and in the morning we wake up and open the presents. In the afternoon, we sit down to have a traditional Christmas lunch.
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I've got America's best writer for $300 a week.
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I did not have a van, or wear Birkenstocks and tie-dyes.
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I've heard of many people who claim they'd as soon their children were dead as gay. What it took me a long time to believe is that these people are saying no more than the truth. They even speak for others too delicate to use the cruel words.
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And when I have lived elsewhere, every two weeks I have to fly back to LA. Even New York directors go there to audition. So I have to be there to a degree.
