Stephen Root Quotes
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Bono told me how to dance in high heels and he also told me about U2's Glastonbury performance and how everything that could have possibly gone wrong went wrong, including him ripping his trousers on stage. I think he was lunging and his trousers ripped! He was telling me how he had to find a new way of performing that didn't involve moving.
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Because Republicans have no ideas, they want to turn elections into the battle of dollars.
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I believe in the empirical wisdom of science, just to start with, so I hope that there might be some treatment out there that might be helpful.
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To have peace in the world, men & nations must embrace the nonviolent assertion that ends and means must cohere.
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We don't need to be taught to make art, but sometimes we need permission to do so. Following instructions is overrated.
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I believe that if you'll just stand up and go, life will open up for you.
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When you're shooting a low-budget movie you're never just the director: you're also in the catering department, and hair and make-up and a part-time grip. I can't even imagine the luxury of not having to keep an eye on every aspect of production while directing.
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In Macbeth a lady is restrained from the murder of a king by his resemblance of her father as he slept. Should not all men be restrained from acts of violence and even of unkindness against their fellow men by observing in them something which resembles the Savior of the World? If nothing else certainly, a human figure?
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The depression was the calculated 'shearing' of the public by the World Money powers, triggered by the planned sudden shortage of supply of call money in the New York money market....The One World Government leaders and their ever close bankers have now acquired full control of the money and credit machinery of the U.S. via the creation of the privately owned Federal Reserve Bank.
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And so my militant philosophy is this: to make with a brush on canvas is a simple direct delight-to make with the movie is the same.
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To think deeply of simple things.
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The sermon of your life in tough times ministers to people more powerfully than the most eloquent speaker.
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I want you to sing with rapture and dance like a dervish.
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I was into basketball, but then once I found contact sports, it was over. I never played basketball again in my life.
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We never played China, India or Africa. We also haven't played Russia enough. I would love to play those places.
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I've learnt so much over time and with the experience that I've gained. You can't please everyone.
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Repentance means change: Change in what you think, change in what you desire, change in what you do and say. It is the evidence of authentic faith.
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I think that when we talk about the regulators and the politicians, the economic consequences of bad decisions back in '08, you know, were devastating, and they had repercussions throughout the world.
