W. G. Sebald Quotes
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Being on the road with rock, it's pretty much 90 percent guys.
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I think everyone who goes to see a 'Bond' movie expects to be impressed by the look and the locations chosen. Certainly I was when I grew up watching them, and I don't think that's changed in the last 50 years.
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I think that the training of architects allows you to see what will happen ten years ahead of time, or twenty. It's not guessing, it's not intuitive, it's based on research - and we may be wrong.
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Bowie is a musician, but he works like a painter. Thom always thought that we should aspire to that.
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In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.
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Never judge a person if you don't know him.
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I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.
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At the beginning of a new project, often before I do any actual writing, I collect photos, quotes, song lyrics, and even objects that relate to the characters or the world I'm creating.
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Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
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As an actor, the first thing you're taught is, 'Don't look into the camera; ignore it.'
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Most of the time, as a model, I feel like I'm just a doll. They control how I should move.
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It's never been difficult for me to say no. I have never given excuses like I don't have dates. I have never over-quoted to avoid a project. I simply say that while the script might be good, I can't connect with it. My strategy is that while I wouldn't want anyone to waste my time, I shouldn't be doing that, either, with others.
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One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.
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Looking back, the biggest mistake I made was feeling ashamed of it. Acne is a part of life. You don't need to be embarrassed of it.
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God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity, but we die on the day when our lives cease to be illumined by the steady radiance, renewed daily, of a wonder, the source of which is beyond all reason.
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Halas didn't believe in starting rookies.
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'Dhruva' will have them glued to their seats throughout, and I'm sure of that.
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Whether we fear pain and suffering or not, pain and suffering will come to everyone. Why not keep our minds focused on where we want to go?
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Words are much better at relating emotions and thoughts.
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Failure is the most terrible thing in our business. When we fail, the whole world knows about it.
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I grew up on oldies like the Beatles and the Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin and The Who.
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I always read the translator's draft all the way through - a very laborious business.
