Steve Buscemi (Steven Vincent Buscemi) Quotes
I hope I don't make it sound like it's this big to-do, but even putting on real cufflinks takes work.
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Kids love to look at pictures of themselves.
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Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.
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I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.
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It's the 21st century. It's healthier for us, better for the environment and certainly kinder to be a vegetarian.
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Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing.
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There are some things that money can't buy: peace of mind, for starters, and lean muscle mass. Neither the Queen of England nor the founder of Microsoft can put in an order for either one.
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The guitar for me is a translation device. It's not a goal. And in some ways, jazz isn't a destination for me. For me, jazz is a vehicle that takes you to the true destination - a musical one that describes all kinds of stuff about the human condition and the way music works.
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A cap on carbon is important because it sets a specific goal for reducing carbon emissions 80% by 2050.
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The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology.
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I try not to push myself too hard, but I also need to perform and earn the results.
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I could go off into the wilderness and write fantasy novels for the rest of my life and probably be happy; but I always want to challenge myself.
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People love gospel music. It's calming. It's soothing. It gets right to the point of whatever you're dealing with.
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New York is a much more bourgeois city, more of a tourist attraction than a muscular metropolis. It's lost moxie and a rough energy, while gaining grace and friendliness. I love both versions of the city, but I wish the prosperous Manhattan would become a little easier for young people to afford.
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My goal is two pages a day, five days a week. I never want to write, but I'm always glad that I have done it. After I write, I go to work at the bookstore.
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Sometimes, trying to make a work of art can be very difficult and very painful.
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It is like visiting one's funeral, like visiting loss in its purest and most monumental form, this wild darkness, which is not only unknown but which one cannot enter as oneself.
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What sometimes goes on in all sorts of Christian institutions is not formation of people in the character of Christ; it's teaching of outward conformity. You don't get in trouble for not having the character of Christ, but you do if you don't obey the laws.
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'As You Like It' was the first Shakespeare production I ever did.
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If one person feels the way I felt when I first fell in love with country music, then I'm doing my job.
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The Koch brothers are spending more money against me than I've been able to raise.
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There are these very poor communities on the outskirts of Cairo called Mokattam, where a lot of the garbage collectors live. I used to volunteer there, doing health and education work when I was younger and living in Egypt.
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How many times do you take yourself to the brink of complete collapse? It's not a real fun place to go.
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You should never turn your back on the market that gave you notoriety and be who you are and give you the numbers it gives you in the United States. I can't deny that the success I've had in the United States or the success that 'Pulling Strings' was due to my work in Latin America.
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I hope I don't make it sound like it's this big to-do, but even putting on real cufflinks takes work.
