Wilbur Wright Quotes
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Once you're signed to a label you compromise.
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I'm somewhat of a perfectionist, I think, and I strive for perfection.
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A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.
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Not long ago I made a list of Doc Ford books I would like to do, and I came up with 11 pretty easily. I like to let the characters go their own ways and see what happens. I find them fascinating.
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I'm a stand-up. I'm never worried about getting my next role. That's never distressing to me.
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Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.
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I would not invest in any shoe that is too trendy.
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It sounds pretentious to say I 'divide' my time, but when I am home, that usually means my house in Atlanta or my cabin in the North Georgia Mountains. The latter is where I do the majority of my writing.
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It's good to play 100 per cent live - no tricks, no samples, no messing about.
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I used to be into Bjork and PJ Harvey, and they used to blow my mind. But there hasn't been a pop star blowing anybody's mind.
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The role of an actor is to make every character believable.
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I do have friends that are Republicans, and we have very spirited conversations on a whole range of issues. I am often baffled by why they are Republicans, but I enjoy the dialogue and can move beyond politics to find common ground in my personal relationships.
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame traditionally has had a management style that is very supportive of American talent, first and foremost, over everything else. And I think that's right and proper.
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There is no such thing as absolute proof. There is only evidence.
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If I wasn't a model, I would never have been around interesting musicians, even had the financial capabilities to say, 'I don't have to work right now. I can sit and make my record.'
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I wish I was one of those persnickety types who buys guidebooks and studies them, but I don't have the inclination or time. I'm more of a 'get on the plane, arrive at the destination and see what happens' kind of traveler.
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My job as an editor is to gently prod the attention of the audience to look at various parts of the frame. And that - I do that by manipulating how and where I cut and what succession of images I work with.
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That's the good thing about being president, I can do whatever I want.
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Books come from within.
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I may as well say it, I have been married three times.
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I have felt darkness lead me by the hand Over the hill to greet the singing dawn...
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I just like to have cereal in the morning, but it'll be those cluster things - it's a bit random - and through the day, I like just pasta, plain pasta with a bit of sauce on it, never too much in case I get a bad belly... and jelly just before I go on for a bit of energy!
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We’ve got to do something about these Asians coming in, opening up businesses, those dirty shops. They ought to go. I’ll just say that right now, you know. But we need African American businesspeople to be able to take their places, too.
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We could hardly wait to get up in the morning.
