Terry Zwigoff Quotes
Because I found myself telling the story of his family to people without the visual aids that I was able to employ by filming them eventually. But I very much knew exactly what I was going to do.
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I do believe in soulmates and happy/successful marriages. No marriage can be happy 24x7 for 365 days. Both partners have to make the relationship work, is what I believe in.
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When my mother got home from work, she would take me to the movies. It was her way of getting out, and she would take me with her. I'd go home and act all the parts. It had a tremendous influence on my becoming an actor.
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Religious apologists complain bitterly that atheists and secularists are aggressive and hostile in their criticism of them. I always say: look, when you guys were in charge, you didn't argue with us, you just burnt us at the stake. Now what we're doing is, we're presenting you with some arguments and some challenging questions, and you complain.
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We were all monsters and bastards, and we were all beautiful.
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Being attentive to inequality and not tone deaf to it. But offering prescriptions that are actually going to help folks in communities that feel forgotten. That's going to be our most important strategy. And I think we can successfully do that.
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A refugee population is hungry for language and aware that anything can happen.
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I am not worried, Harry," said Dumbledore, his voice a little stronger despite the freezing water. "I am with you.
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You’ll soon find out some wizarding families are much better than others, Potter. You don’t want to go making friends with the wrong sort. I can help you there.” He held out his hand to shake Harry’s, but Harry didn’t take it. “I think I can tell who the wrong sort are for myself, thanks,” he said coolly.
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I would never, ever in my life say, 'I want to go to Washington to heal the soul of Washington.'
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My wife only has sex with me for a purpose. Last night it was to time an egg.
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This is really a window for people to choose what they want to skate to and try to explore new things, just do whatever they want. It's really nice to have options to express our creativity.
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Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.
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That which shrinks must first expand.
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There's a throne in each life big enough for only one. Christ may be on that throne, or money may be. But both cannot occupy it.
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Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them.
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My best stories come from well-placed sources who point me in the right direction.
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I do not claim any of the creation of the blues, although I have written many of them even before Mr. Handy had any blues published. I heard them when I was knee-high to a duck.
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There's no doubt there are issues with clay. Our issues have issues that are issues right now. That's not a secret.
