Alex Stapleton Quotes
Peter Fonda was just this clean, cookie-cutter kind of a guy. Roger Corman turned him into the motorcycle man with The Wild Angels. Jack Nicholson, all of them, they all had these images that Roger Corman fueled, and Easy Rider, it was a big surprise to understand how much creative influence Roger had. A lot of people dismiss him as just launching famous people's careers or being a penny pinching producer, but he's so much more than that.
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I was a go-go dancer at the Dom on East 10th Street in NYC. This was a glittering ballroom over Stanley's Bar. 1965.
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Life is not always not always what one wants it to be., but to make the best of it as it is the only way of being happy.
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I'm moved by people who see the world differently than others. People who see the world with a longing for its poetry often can be broken people.
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The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.
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When you carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful feeling inside. It is as though something inside your body responds and says, yes, this is how I ought to feel.
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The intensity of being in front of all these incredible musicians and tremendous conductors in these elaborate halls can be overwhelming.
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To me, success is choice and opportunity.
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I went through a lot of phases and studied many religions. I am not into religion, I am spiritual.
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People think that Israelis are mean, evil people who only want to hurt Arabs all day.
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I've had four children and I've done a good job and I'm happy in life.
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I'm not a person who embraces challenges. I run from challenges. I break world records running from challenges.
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That's what we're striving for, making us a contender in every race.
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In my view, you can't go to the future if you haven't come from the past.
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Ever since I was a kid, whatever situation I was presented with, I always made the most of it.
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It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it.
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Being called Gary. It's a crap name. I wish I'd been called by my middle name, Winston.
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If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment or disaster.
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CNN is an American symbol of independent journalism and First Amendment free speech. My board and I are clear: CNN will remain completely independent from an editorial perspective.
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I'm a big fan of unflinching drama and bold drama. If you shy away from dark subject matters, there's only certain places for TV drama to go. If there are shows that can break through that and be brave, those are the shows that I personally enjoy watching. I try and do work that I would watch.
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Even when you have a big budget, you can't just shoot everything.
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I wanted to show girls it's not bad to be dark, that different is beautiful.
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Perhaps the biggest problem in journalism is the cult divide between journalists and corporate owners.
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The chief of staff says I'm the guy.
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Peter Fonda was just this clean, cookie-cutter kind of a guy. Roger Corman turned him into the motorcycle man with The Wild Angels. Jack Nicholson, all of them, they all had these images that Roger Corman fueled, and Easy Rider, it was a big surprise to understand how much creative influence Roger had. A lot of people dismiss him as just launching famous people's careers or being a penny pinching producer, but he's so much more than that.
