Stephen Carter Quotes
I find it hard to think of myself as selling books. I don't even have a Web site. I want to sit and write, not sell.
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Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right now just shouldn't be allowed. There's no dignity anymore and I think that's very important.
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I loathe bad theater and most theatre is very bad because it's repetitious, unexciting and, dangerously, it is sometimes praised for those things.
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I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom.
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An economy genuinely local and neighborly offers to localities a measure of security that they cannot derive from a national or a global economy controlled by people who, by principle, have no local commitment.
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I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.
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I always have one foot in the street, so I know not everyone wants to dress like the women they see in music videos.
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I've always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.
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I honestly don't read that much. Obviously I read chess books - in terms of favorites, Kasparov's 'My Great Predecessors' is pretty good.
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Playwriting gets into your blood and you can't stop it. At least not until the producers or the public tell you to.
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My entire career stands on the strong pillars of women-oriented films. This stems from the fact that I am sensitive to the entire aura and mystique of a woman and womanhood.
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I never worry about being driven to drink; I just worry about being driven home.
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Blacks who have not succumbed to the victim culture have been, are, and will be doing quite well - all on their own, without handouts, affirmative action, and other patronizing measures.
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I loved rock and roll when that came in, Bill Haley, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, all those great records. So I begged my mom and dad for a guitar, which eventually they did get me for Christmas, but it went out of tune very quickly, and it hurt my fingers.
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I always wanted to be an actor.
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The artist makes art not to save mankind but to save himself. Every benevolent comment by an artist is a fog to cover his tracks, the bloody trail of his assault against reality and others.
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Woo ah, mercy mercy me.Ah things ain't what they used to be, no no.Where did all the blue skies go?
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I rot on the wall, my ownDorian Gray.
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Honestly, music is an expression, and if you will be that voice for these girls, there are some people that feel this. This is universal.
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Keep your eyes peeled: Honor's the label to watch. It's quickly becoming a serious celebrity favorite - just ask fans Kirsten Dunst and Kelly Osbourne.
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I've been interested in watching the level of conservative misinformation that circulates through the media.
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I don't consider this hard work. I love it, and I think I get to make a difference. I really believe in Secretary Clinton, and I want to feel like I'm part of making a difference; I really do.
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Hatred in your heart for others is always weakness.
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I find it hard to think of myself as selling books. I don't even have a Web site. I want to sit and write, not sell.
