Carl Lewis Quotes
I have no intention of lingering through a season, just to have a chance to be an alternate on a relay. I don't want that.
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If people want to really know what's up with me then they can read one of my interviews.
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I knew I didn't want to make a country record just because that's not really what I would have ever made as a solo artist.
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This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it.
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The only thing I want to say is, I know I'm not Einstein, but I'm not the queen of the imbeciles either.
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Anyone who says they want to make a game that becomes a cult classic is kinda screwy, right? I mean, you want to reach the largest audience you can.
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I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime.
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The sad thing is that apparently if you want to become the next Premier or the leader, suddenly you've got to shut down your human side.
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If you're filming somebody doing something they really want to do, you're probably not very high on their list of problems to deal with. You see James Carville on the phone - he's like that whether you have a camera or not. He isn't doing it just for you, and that's hard to explain.
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All writing is that structure of revelation. There's something you want to find out. If you know everything up front in the beginning, you really don't need to read further if there's nothing else to find out.
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I never let anything stop me from doing what I want to do.
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I want to be engaged and moved by theatre, there's nothing more disappointing than being left cold. After 'The Author,' I felt wrung out emotionally, like a used tissue.
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My favorite animal is a polar bear. They're going extinct, and I really don't want that to happen.
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'Fight Master' is a proving ground for young, aspiring fighters who want a chance to play on a bigger stage. That's something it has in common with 'The Ultimate Fighter,' which has always been like a farm league for the UFC, a place to develop new talent.
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If you don't use good ingredients, the outcome is never going to be excellent. But if you buy the freshest ingredients that are in season, at their peak, and you cook with them, you can't really go wrong.
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I want to direct every now and then, but I don't want to be a director.
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My audience has really become a very diverse group of people. It's not just 15-year-old girls. That's kind of what allows me to write from all the different places I want to write from.
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Just watching Jack Lemmon made me want to get into this business.
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I definitely don't want to do drama. I'm not looking to branch out into that world.
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If I'm going to produce something, it's going to be with somebody I think is special. Once I go beyond a handful of directors, like Scorsese, there are very few I want to work with.
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It's just my aesthetic: to want to feel a bit undone, effortless but not without style.
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I'm friends with Dierks Bentley. Aside from that, I don't really know anybody else in the country music field, really. I've met the Lady Antebellum people and I met Marty Stuart briefly once. He's really nice, but I don't know any of them, really.
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Sometimes for a lot of new artists, they don't have a vision, really, or know what they want to say; it's kind of drawn out for them. But me, because I'm such a transcendental thinker, it's always like a journey and an adventure with each project. It's like going through a different doorway each time.
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I have no intention of lingering through a season, just to have a chance to be an alternate on a relay. I don't want that.
