Michael Showalter Quotes
I'm not sure why I like cats so much. I mean, they're really cute obviously. They are both wild and domestic at the same time.
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I find that with period pieces, you're sort of able to really take advantage of what's around you because prop-wise, wardrobe-wise and location-wise, it's all so specific due to that time.
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The president has been more than willing to challenge the National Rifle Association, but that is like a Republican president standing up to labor unions - not a move that risks anything with his core supporters. Mr. Obama could show some real bravery by taking on Hollywood.
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Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?
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There are still times in my life where I pull back from being totally honest, and I can't imagine a single straight person who would understand that.
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American music culture is black culture.
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Since my illness, I've felt the presence of my angels.
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There's always a spattering of people who see Hanson who were influenced by classic '60's and '70's rock and roll. In a lot of ways, we're sort of the anatomy of a '70's rock band if you examine what we do: white guys who grew up listening to soul music from the '50's and '60's.
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Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.
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The truth is, bad things don't affect us as profoundly as we expect them to. That's true of good things, too. We adapt very quickly to either.
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I have a number of writers I work with regularly. I write an outline for a book. The outlines are very specific about what each scene is supposed to accomplish.
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Later, in the afternoon, I read what I did that morning. It's almost always a surprise. But I can read it rationally; edit, polish, re-write, and think what I might do tomorrow in the early darkness.
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My wife was a licensed psychologist by profession and a college professor of psychology.
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At the end of the day, all we're trying to do is get the hitter off balance. Get him in a position where he's not strong in the strike zone.
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I don't like any art form barraged in violence or hurt.
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I think that being in an extreme natural setting, and letting the natural world and what it's doing permeate your thoughts, is super-interesting and super-important.
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There was just something about me she did not like.
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We take comfort, however, that mystery is not a synonym for contradiction.
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If God sees that my spiritual life will be furthered by giving the things for which I ask, then He will give them, but that is not the end of prayer. The end of prayer is that I come to know God Himself.
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Everybody says "love you" to each other all the time. It's this lovely little safe world.
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One must choose in all things a mean just and good.
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I'm not denying that in the world there's been some tremendous musical happenings, like DJ Shadow or whatever, that kind of thing. But when it goes into the weird thing where you get a remix done by a certain person because they need a brand name, that's when it becomes really discouraging.
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I'm not sure why I like cats so much. I mean, they're really cute obviously. They are both wild and domestic at the same time.
