Walter Becker Quotes
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Remember who you are and where you come from; otherwise, you don't know where you are going.
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That's the joy of getting to be an actor - getting to play all kinds of different roles and showing so many different sides of yourself.
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You can't get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
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I'm resigned to the fact that the corseted history of America is not as exciting as that of Britain.
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In times of need, God can come to you in a myriad of disguises.
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America is the student who defies the odds to become the first in a family to go to college - the citizen who defies the cynics and goes out there and votes - the young person who comes out of the shadows to demand the right to dream. That's what America is about.
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You don't despair about something like the Middle East, you just do the best you can.
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You can't tell a millionaire's son from a billionaire's.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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You cannot reform your society or institution without opening your mind.
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When you want something very dearly, you make the time.
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Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
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I wonder if I maybe have a natural floatiness that comes through in everyone I play.
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There are a lot of actors who will sit here and talk to you about characters - 'He does this, and she's a really interesting character because she does this.' I'm not like that at all. I'm not an actory actor.
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You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea.
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You know, I haven't written as much as most other writers. Certainly maybe those who keep a more regular schedule accomplish more.
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To do something funny, you have to have experienced it in real life and digested it in a way that amuses you.
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Instead of a Western Christianity, we now witness a post-Christian West in Europe and a post-Western Christianity in the global South. America is somewhere in between.
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Someone needs to remind American CEOs that if you can't run a company that is innovative, financially sound and doesn't poison the rest of us, You can't run a company.
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I do work on a little bit of weights just to get my power up.
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Anyone can rehearse and play constantly any song in the world.
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Some places you play in America, it's like 'On the Waterfront.'
