Scott Speedman Quotes
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I've directed independent film.
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The first decent building I did with my own practice was a chapel in Taiwan.
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In some communities, I show up, and they say, 'Well, we haven't seen our Democrat congressman in 10 years.'
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When I was a kid growing up, I always thought I would be a journalist, and I thought, you know, I'd cover stories about other people, and we're always taught never to make the story about yourself.
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First developed as a weapon by the U.S. Army, VX is an oily, odorless and tasteless liquid that kills on contact with the skin or when inhaled in aerosol form. Like other nerve agents, it is treatable in the first minutes after exposure but otherwise leads swiftly to fatal convulsions and respiratory failure.
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I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
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When I put magic into a book - whether it's a wizard or a crusty old werewolf - I'm asking a reader to swallow a huge leap that is counter to everything he or she knows. An extra big helping of reality makes that leap go down a lot easier.
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We're newspaper junkies; I can't imagine life without a newspaper.
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If Youku had adopted YouTube's business model, we just would not be here. We would not exist.
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My Kindle readers have been incredibly faithful fans.
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I used to play the trombone and the trumpet, which I still have, but I haven't picked up for a long time.
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I grew up reading 19th-century novels and late Victorian children's books, so I try for a good story full of coincidence and error, landscape and weather. However, the world was radically changed during my lifetime, and I tell of that battering as best I can.
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The military people don't like it; the government probably doesn't like it, but the people should know what they're sending their young people into when they permit their governments to declare war and engage in war.
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The problem is that I don't want to add another record to the world that is not necessary to be published, except to make some business. There has to be a musical reason.
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The first thing that is not obvious to people is global warming is a less-than-1% effect. It's like being shortchanged at the bank by a penny every dollar. Over a long period of time with lots of transactions, that piles up.
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I liked blues from the time my mother used to take me to church. I started to listen to gospel music, so I liked that. But I had an aunt at that time, my mother's aunt who bought records by people like Lonnie Johnson, Robert Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and a few others.
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When you are hoping for a call or want something different, I think you lose your edge.
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The state doesn't own your children. Parents own the children.
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My dad recently reminded me that my grandfather's cousin was Lefty Frizzell.
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It was a lifetime occupation that kept us too busy to stop and ask if we were happy or not.
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Leaders must exemplify integrity and earn the trust of their teams through their everyday actions. When you do this, you set high standards for everyone at your company. And when you do so with positive energy and enthusiasm for shared goals and purpose, you can deeply connect with your team and customers.
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My advice to young people wanting to make music and to be in this industry is to really spend your time making music. Make so much music you have no friends. Make music. Figure out what it is you love, and... because if you're making cool art, then everything else will fall into line.
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Basketball was mine, and that's what's carried me to this point.
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I don't see the point in signing on to do something and then leaving.
