William S. Burroughs Quotes
When all lies, deceit, pretense is stripped away, what remains? The truth of a painting, or a book or a man.
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We have to set our own agenda, we have to set our own standards, we have to be very strong about what we want, we have to be very strong about our passion and if it's not right for you, you shouldn't do it just because you're advised by so-called geniuses.
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I want to stop transforming and just start being.
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I'm really about my family and really proud of being a Carter.
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The best time to release a film is on a festive date like Divali or Eid, or at a time when there are no big films three to four weeks before or after.
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Brittany Murphy... who knows if she's going to be around. Kirsten Dunst, I think she's really boring. Reese Witherspoon? She can open a movie.
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By the time I approached my forties, I had the self-assurance to approach all the genres I love so deeply: R & B, rock, jazz, and pop.
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Things that came before, people and things and experiences – that does mean something to me. It doesn't mean I don't embrace the new, but I don't forget the past, either.
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When we show up in a city, we ask, 'Where's the best restaurant? What's the best beer?' You start doing that, and you get exposed to a lot of great stuff.
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William Shatner has one style. We have completely contrasting personalities. We're very good friends. I adore him, but we're very different people, so they were smart enough to write characters that reflected that.
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There's no smarter politician out there than Bill Clinton.
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I don't think there's anything worse than your parents being alive and telling you to go give them some money and just act like they're dead.
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A politician ought to be born a foundling and remain a bachelor.
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There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time as come.
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I'm called a terrorist in the Arab media still today.
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I would never say somebody had to vote for anybody. That would be terrible. I haven't said that.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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I never got to Broadway. I would love to do that.
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My uniform is sweatpants, so crusted over with dried paint that they're as hard as a table. I wear T-shirts that are also covered in paint, and Crocs.
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Expectation is the springboard of achievement.
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I know I need to watch myself because I don't want anyone to think I'm snobby or stuck up. I have to be real careful. I don't want to hurt my Christian witness.
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When I came out, I told my stepmother Gladys, and she just said she had known for years and was glad I wasn't lying anymore.
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As a dreamer of dreams and a travelin' man, I have chalked up many a mile. Read dozens of books about heroes and crooks, and I learned much from both of their styles.
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If a Tory does not believe that private property is one of the main bulwarks of individual freedom, then he had better become a socialist and have done with it.
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When all lies, deceit, pretense is stripped away, what remains? The truth of a painting, or a book or a man.
