Walter Becker Quotes
If it feels like we're re-creating something rather than creating something, we don't do it.
Quotes to Explore
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May the soul of the late President Milton Obote... a long-time member of this parliament, rest in peace.
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Nothing external to you has any power over you.
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I can't bear art that you can walk round and admire. A book should be either a bandit or a rebel or a man in the crowd.
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There is no button that you push and the next day you become independent.
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There's only one drummer. We all travel to his beat. Well, I couldn't sing his song. Because for me, it wasn't a truthful statement. Well, Linda sang it, and it was a monster for her.
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French 'Vogue' was always a photographer's magazine.
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Even if you walk exactly the same route each time - as with a sonnet - the events along the route cannot be imagined to be the same from day to day, as the poet's health, sight, his anticipations, moods, fears, thoughts cannot be the same.
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Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure.
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Memorising my lines is actually something I do fairly well. I look at it a few times and it is pretty much there. When your shooting on TV, they do it in such a way that it is pretty easy.
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Anybody, and any company, can have a big run of success once, but if you're going to repeat that over time, you need to be aware that you need to keep learning.
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This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
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I wanted to write a happy song. I didn't know how.
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Paris and Nicky Hilton? Those girls will show up to the opening of a phone book. It's like a big joke.
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The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself.
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What I'd like to pass on to my children is the thirst for knowledge. It's something I experience every day that I learned from my father. He always taught me that no matter how long you've done something, you can always learn something new and be better at what you do.
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I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
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I never go to temples, but when I see a child, I see God in them.
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I am a night owl. I always have been... and I'd like to think I always will be, although surely having children will put a stop to my nightly affairs with myself.
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A lot of times what happens is, not even just with child actors, but people in general, is they get so caught up in the now. The hot song, the hot TV show, the hot movie. You're not saying 'OK, this is cool, but where am I trying to be 20 years from now?' That's always been in the forefront of my mind.
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The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
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I don't like to direct myself.
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I like pastels and lighter shades on darker skins. I feel like it lifts everything and accentuates being chocolate.
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If it feels like we're re-creating something rather than creating something, we don't do it.
