Will Carleton Quotes
I've watched my duty, straight an' true, an' tried to do it well; Part of the time kept heaven in view, An' part steered clear of hell.
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Where you record is very important. It can't be too nice, it can't be too expensive, it can't have a view to an ocean or a field.
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It wasn't until '94 when I tried to commit suicide that I realized that it wasn't about the money.
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I'm being mocked because I don't live up to a socially determined view of what other people think a person should look like.
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My favorite thing about New York is the view, the skyline.
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When I'm on the red carpet, most people say, 'Who the hell is that?' It's downright embarrassing.
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With my songs I tried to prove that there is love.
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There'll be a special place in hell for the tape back-up people.
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California is infamous for passing things and then waking up and saying, 'What the hell did we just pass?'
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Our position is that we do not accept conditions of any kind which may affect the independence and sovereignty of our country just with the view to solve economic problems existing between the United States and Cuba.
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However, I don't feel the world is looking over my shoulder when I am working - I never think about this at all. What I think about is trying to make my work pure, and if it is pure then it can be accessible. It is quite straight forward really.
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Every film is a puzzle really, from an editorial point of view.
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We need no messiah and no sterile conception of a god menacing us with hell and purgatory.
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I've always kind of tried to do something that was a little different than just simple 'I love you, baby'-type songs.
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Americans in general have a lot of compassion, we just don't always have the same view of how that compassion is implemented.
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Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.
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There's no reason why fiscal responsibility is a Democrat or a Republican point of view. It ought to be all of our points of view.
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Too caustic? To hell with the costs, we'll make the picture anyway.
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I tried to oppose the academic to the marketplace.
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I consider that the chief dangers which confront the coming century will be religion without the Holy Ghost, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God, and heaven without hell.
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I could have easily never worked again after 'Precious.' I could be back at my receptionist job and no one would be surprised, but I'm having a very crazy little career that no one thought would happen. Although that was never the plan.
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One must be a sea, to receive a polluted stream without becoming impure.
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I run the gauntlet of a file of doubts, Each one of which down hurls me to the ground.
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I read what I write over and over and make corrections and improvements, until I reach the conclusion that the material deserves to stand on its own.
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I've watched my duty, straight an' true, an' tried to do it well; Part of the time kept heaven in view, An' part steered clear of hell.
