Steve Burns (Steven Michael Burns) Quotes
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There is a lot of noise out there. I don't want to follow the trend - I want to create the trend.
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Poking fun at other people's beliefs, while it may seem frivolous and offensive, is a non-negotiable right. It is a principle that underpins free speech, the basis for progress.
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No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows.
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When people move from poor countries to America, they quickly adapt in at least one way - their consumption habits.
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My parents weren't keen on the giving up of school at the beginning to go into singing and dancing, but once they saw I was serious about it, they gave support. I was quite stubborn about my decision, and in the end, they realised it was for the best.
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When people think of someone being prolific, it's like, 'He's got a vault with 5,000 songs in it,' or something, but I just kind of pick them out of the air when they float by.
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A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often.
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When I signed a contract, I was here to play 162 games.
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I learned from different guys I played with, too. The key was probably three people: The good Lord, the offensive linemen I played with and great fullbacks that could block very well.
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I don't know whether I like it, but it is what I meant.
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'Breaking Bad' has definitely opened many, many doors for me.
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The city of Memphis has demonstrated that neither character nor standing avails the Negro if he dares to protect himself against the white man or become his rival.
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When I first did theatre, I was always doing comedies; it was always my first love. But it wasn't what I was picked for at first, for films and TV.
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If I had to name my favorite media personality, it would be a tie between Jon Stewart and Trey Parker/Matt Stone. Honest, wise, funny, and right. Sam Sifton was right up there when he was writing food criticism for the 'New York Times.'
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Later in life, the memories I have of my mother are of constant work balanced with caring for my ailing father.
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I wanted so much to write that I couldn't write a word.
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I sometimes think novelists write about sex in order to avoid boring themselves to death.
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The atonement chapter [from the book Saving Calvinism] shows how there are real riches in Reformed theology that most Christians today have no idea about.
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Why don't you do the world a favour. Pull your bottom lip up over your head and swallow.
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I'm really bad at working out and I eat a lot. I have to eat every two hours.
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The vast concourse of people who had assembled to witness the triumphant arrival of the successful travellers was of the lowest orders of mechanics and artisans, among whom great distress and a dangerous spirit of discontent with the government at that time prevailed.
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'Somnia' is a story about loss and, I guess, what you're willing to do to have closure and try and feel whole again. It's a story of redemption in a sense. I don't want to give too much away, but it's a heartbreaking story that's incredibly terrifying.
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Eat as much as you like-just don't swallow it.
