William Friedkin Quotes
All the great countries are at odds with one another over something, and yet if they don't cooperate they're going to blow up.
Quotes to Explore
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I can sing 'Happy Birthday' to you in twelve different places, but one of them is going to make you feel a certain thing, maybe it's a vulnerability, maybe an innocence, maybe another way is sexy and soulful or bluesy whatever it is, but with singers, exploring keys, I think, is important.
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I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent.
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The years go so fast. I mean, I just realized that at the end of the year I will be twenty-two, and I just turned twenty-one.
Nastassja Kinski -
I'm an artist at heart.
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As a writer, one is obliged to release her words, to let them live in the world on their own.
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Israel, in general, should learn from other nations. We have a tendency to teach the world. In many cases, we should learn from the world, because they make advances.
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The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night.
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I like me better naked. I don't mean that in a vain way... When you put clothes on, you immediately put a character on. Clothes are adjectives, they are indicators. When you don't have any clothes on, it's just you, raw, and you can't hide.
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We're not really under pressure to deliver a cloned baby to this world. What we are under pressure to do is to deliver a cloned baby that is a healthy one.
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The biggest part of my job now is to quickly develop successors, and around the world I am working to develop new business leaders in the company.
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A Constitution should be short and obscure.
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I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.
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I know some people say I can be funny. But there is always a deeper meaning to what I say. I am a socialist at heart and have the interests of the poor in mind. When people see how I manage to work my way out of tough situations, it gives them hope in their own life.
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Instead of asking God to remove our problems so that our lives might be happy, we must purposefully try to learn as much as we can - and thereby become happier due to our insights and growth.
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Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate in a particular manner by the necessity of the divine nature.
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It's going to take a certain man for me to ever get involved with, because he'll have to realize I don't have two children, I have three. Tommy is always going to always be a part of my life.
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I really saw myself as the quintessential Cinderella. I think that's when I really thought about how I wanted to do something else and get away from all that.
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The trouble with photographing beautiful women is that you never get into the dark room until after they've gone.
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The big difference between TV and theater is that you get to do a new play every week, so it's quite challenging, but it keeps you fresh. There's never any fear of getting stale in your performance.
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A lot of people who work on open-source software don't mind making money elsewhere. They aren't anticommercial.
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I grew up twelve miles outside of Montego Bay. In my early teens, I went to Kingston. It was like a different planet for me. In the country, people are kind. In the city, people are hard an' cold, like the concrete and steel.
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Sometimes pessimism or optimism gets popular, and it's contagious.
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The South Korean flag continues to function at least in South Korea, not as a symbol of the state but as a symbol of the race.
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All the great countries are at odds with one another over something, and yet if they don't cooperate they're going to blow up.
