Steven Van Zandt Quotes
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The Pistols were like my work of art. They were my canvas.
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If the IOC would move the Olympic hockey tournament to the summer, that would be great. We'd be thrilled to have our players participate because then it doesn't affect our season.
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They want to let the audience figure things out and let the reaction shot get the laugh.
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My dear, did you ever stop to think what a wonderful bunker you would make?
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You can get awful famous in this country in seven days.
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The problems that I really like to solve are our cultural problems.
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After conducting Wagner, Beethoven's triple concerto is like taking an Alka Seltzer.
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I don't think about the media.
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I'm not a violent person, but I've got a hard core streak and have a reputation about living dangerously.
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I prefer to sing in the shower because the acoustics make you sound great, baby.
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The opponents and I are really one. My strength and skills only half of the equation. The other half is theirs. An opponent is someone whose strength joined to yours creates a certain result.
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What people see is just your career graph and the films you do. But that's a very small aspect of my life.
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Anyone who reads my work will see that there are often difficult relationships between fathers and sons.
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But I would say maybe just from an actress's perspective, probably 'Woman Under the Influence' is the best movie of all time. The style of filmmaking and the performances... you don't feel like you're watching a film.
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Now, I love playing moms who can't hide their paranoia.
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We don't develop courage by being happy every day. We develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
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There is no more apartheid in South Africa than in the United States.
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Comedy gives you a shot of euphoria that distracts you from everything that's awful.
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Everything is a narrative in life. I learned that early on as a reporter at the 'Washington Post.'
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My kids are no different than anyone else's - they tend to disagree with everything I say!
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I don't always have to be the best. Things don't always have to be perfect.
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I really think it is possible to make a very nice living by writing and not worrying about anything else.
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Tone is somewhat totalising in that, once I locate it, it tells me what kind of syntax to use, what word choices to make, how much white space to leave on the page, what sentence length, what the rhythmic patterning will be. If I can't find the tone, I sometimes try narrating through the point of view of someone else.
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Timing really is nearly everything. And what it isn't, circumstance makes up for.
