Ferdinand de Saussure Quotes
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I talk every day about doing the right thing.
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When I was a kid growing up, I always thought I would be a journalist, and I thought, you know, I'd cover stories about other people, and we're always taught never to make the story about yourself.
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I thought I had to write literature and add my name to the list of great Southern storytellers. Fortunately for me, no one wanted to read any of those stories. They got rejected by everyone. Sometimes, I would get a note saying they liked the writing, but the story simply didn't work.
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There are parallels between the music and film worlds, but they're really very different. I feel like they're just two different ways to channel my creativity.
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I have never known stage-fright at any time.
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Once I was in the city, I really enjoyed it. Just to experience things. There was so much new stuff.
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I don't get far enough into a boring book to hate it.
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That smell of freshly cut grass makes me think of Friday night football in high school. The smell of popcorn and cigar smoke reminds me of the stadium. The cutting of the grass reminds me of the August practice.
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The airplane stays up because it doesn't have the time to fall.
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I'm a flamboyant type of guy, a cooler version of Liberace.
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The year I turned 16, I spent the weeks before Christmas dropping hints to my parents about how much I wanted - no, needed - my own transportation.
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I like an interesting movie even if it's controversial or offensive, depending on your taste.
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I am sure it will be mentioned and debated but from my standpoint I know who is in the Hall of Fame. A lot of them don't belong in the Hall of Fame. If someone wants to debate me, check the stats.
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Music is a very powerful thing. If I'm angry, I can write a song about it, and it seems to make everything okay.
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The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.
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Only the guys who never made it and will never make it in the U.S. need to put up the front that they don't care about America.
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I set out to have a diverse staff on the 'Bernie Mac Show.'
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Does the owner of the restaurant own his restaurant? Or does the government own his restaurant?
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I will be so glad to take the picture and pose and look good for the picture. But when you catch me while I'm looking real sideways and the picture's ugly as hell, I don't want you to have the picture like that!
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Come in, Adam, and rest; it has been a hard day for thee.
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I think that the thing that we learned back in the day of the civil rights movement is that you do have to keep on keeping on.
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You're stuck in front of the microphone. You can't use your hands. I like to do things.
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I've always been such a fan of short films - in fact, I never considered that I would actually make a feature. I just thought I wanted to make shorts for the rest of my life. They are a lot harder to have shown and a lot harder to find and see as an audience, but I don't know. It's just a form that I really love. I was just making them for the process, but ultimately, I did get them into festivals, and they did end up on television, and they had as much of a life as short films can.
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