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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I usually end up making a huge mess every morning when I get dressed. My outfit affects my whole day. I'm always running late, and I'm always trying to make sure I feel really good in what I'm wearing, because if you're wearing something you're not comfortable in, it ruins your day.
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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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Contempt is the only asymmetrical facial expression, so it's easy to spot once you're aware of its signs. One researcher has successfully tracked it in couples as a predictor of divorce. When someone is angry at you, you've still got traction with them, but when they display contempt, you've been dismissed.
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This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue.
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Some hedge fund managers have made big bucks trading oil futures - George Soros is one.
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I once did a Sprite commercial where I had to come out of the train station, jump out of a turnstile, jump on the side of a moving train. I had to run down the top of this moving train while it was going through the mountains and valleys. It was really hairy. I got my honorary stuntwoman card for that. I was proud.
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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.
