Walker Percy Quotes
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For me, writing a song, I sit down and the process doesn't really involve me thinking about the demographic of people I'm trying to hit or who I want to be able to relate to the song or what genre of music it falls under.
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The man for me is the cherry on the pie. But I'm the pie and my pie is good all by itself. Even if I don't have a cherry.
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I've worked hard over the years, I've been injured and I've worked hard through it, and I've made it.
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Incommensurables cannot be compared.
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My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.
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A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music.
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I really don't believe in magic.
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All politicians should have 3 hats - one to throw into the ring, one to talk through, and one to pull rabbits out of if elected.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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The first drama thing I really got stuck into was 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' I played Puck. That's when I said, 'I want to be an actor.'
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I remember, one day, I just printed out about a hundred CVs, and I was running around London. I was going to modeling agencies, temping agencies, anything. I was so desperate.
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One of my earliest memories is of being about three and a half, climbing through the legs of a man who I didn't know was the famous actor, Patrick Magee.
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The Soviet Union was a very useful ally in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
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Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.
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When I was in high school, I earned the pimple award and every other gross-out award.
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I can't stop people from writing imaginative stories about me entering politics.
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Working pretty much nonstop as an artist, the hardest thing is to know what to do with yourself when you have some time off. You struggle with yourself to take a vacation.
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Do not get elated at any victory, for all such victory is subject to the will of God.
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There's so many accusations that are so ridiculous about Pete Wentz that are taken as the gospel-people just assume that he posted pictures of his penis on the internet. That is the stupidest fucking thing thing I've ever heard. Why on earth would you ever do that?
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Approaching any movie with a three in the title you know you are not going to get a political polemic. You are not going to get some sort of political statement or ultra-deep message.
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I have no pleasure in any man who despises music. It is no invention of ours: it is a gift of God. I place it next to theology. Satan hates music: he knows how it drives the evil spirit out of us.
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That's one thing about fiction: you can make the world be the way you think it should be.
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Actors dread working with studios because they dictate what you do in a way that independent movies can't.
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In this world, goodness is destined to be defeated.
