Timothy Bottoms Quotes
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I was promised on a time - to have reason for my rhyme; From that time unto this season, I received nor rhyme nor reason.
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When you write a play, you work out like a musician on a piece of music. You find all the rhythms and the melody and the harmonies and take them as they come.
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When someone has to intervene to defend the liberty of the press, that society is sick.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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I had no desire to be a chef, but I had a desire to be someone who was heard.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it.
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It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'
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What I do miss that I don't get anymore? You're going to think I'm crazy, but you want the truth, so here it is. The lights! I miss the spotlights. I don't mean it figuratively. I mean it literally. I love the feeling of lights.
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I remember when 'The Right Stuff' opened in Hollywood. I got dressed that morning and drove my car down to the theatre that it was playing on, thinking that there would be mobs of people outside. When I looked, there was nobody there.
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I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.
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I think prom is just about enjoying yourself.
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You just keep moving forward and doing what you do and hope that it resonates with people. And if it doesn't, you just keep moving on until you find a project that does.
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The fashion I've acquired over the years is so sacred to me – from costumes to couture, high fashion to punk wear I've collected from my secret international hot spots. I keep everything in an enormous archive in Hollywood.
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I was punished for blowing the whistle on my father's lifestyle.
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I had a very difficult relationship with my father, which ended up okay, but there were many difficult years.
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I sit at this really weird crossroads. My job requires me to take in calories. I take care of myself. I eat healthy. I exercise a lot. But then I have to go to events in cocktail dresses and look fancy, and people want to interview me about what I'm wearing, and then I'm compared to people who are wearing size 2 all the time.
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When you think about growing and being empowered yourself, it is what you've been able to do for other people that leaves you the fullest.
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When I hear people flatteringly say, 'You're an expert on East Asia...' I'm certainly an observer of East Asia, and central Asia, and ASEAN, and to a lesser extent South Asia and the Gulf, but there's always something behind the wall in China.
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If happiness is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be in accordance with the highest excellence.
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You've got to have a sense of different audiences. I'm a kind of performer manque - I come from a long line of failed actors!
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Praise from the praise-worthy is beyond all rewards.
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Some other places were not so good but maybe we were not so good when we were in them.
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A lot of feature films do two pages a day.
