Barry Privett Quotes
With childhood comes a brief grace period of ignorant bliss -- when you're not aware of the pain around you. That is the most special, truly unique time. It is the core of adult lament.
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I don't want to fight anybody that just wants to hold you and try and eat the time.
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There is no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness.
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I love being a part of something so many people can relate to and enjoy.
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Like I said, I'm more worried long term about the environmental issues then the use of arms.
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In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
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People aren't autonomous creatures. They're under a lot of pressure themselves.
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The talk shows in the States want celebrities, not authors. In France, it is different; writers are called upon to comment on everything. They have a very public role there.
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The government is so out of control. It is so bloated and infested with fraud and deceit and corruption and abuse of power.
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I love winning more than I love playing badminton. Winning is everything.
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It's hard for me to judge my own films as an artist sometimes. But as an artist, I did feel a fulfillment working on them, you know?
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I wish people would shift that focus on to themselves and their own family and their own friends and just maybe spend a little more time on their home front. And not some distant planet that is me.
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After I took up etchings c. 1915, my paintings seemed to crystallize.
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If Canada could simply apply the basic principles of sustainable development, such as the internalization of costs and 'polluters pay,' it would have long-term beneficial effects, both environmental and economic.
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Whenever anyone says, 'theoretically,' they really mean, 'not really.'
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I don't have muscle tone. I'm just flab. I'm not a daredevil. I don't like pain, I don't like cold, I don't want to feel exhausted. But the sense of accomplishment is something I've never felt before, in a physical sense.
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My sisters are very academically inclined so whenever they would fix me up, it would always be from someone in their world, people they would find attractive. When they came to the door in suits, it was over.
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When I think back to my childhood, I just think of the word 'freedom.' In the summers, we spent all day on the beach.
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We've all had stress creep up on us without even noticing it until we lost it on someone who didn't deserve it, and then we realize that we probably should have checked in with ourselves a little earlier.
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All the things that are negative in me as a person - the incompetence and despair and weakness and pain - are like a gift from God in a performer. If you don't hide them and if you stop lying to yourself about what you are and are not, there is a ring or a tent or a stage where you can take them and use them to make something beautiful.
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I associate my childhood with two things, mainly: the North Devon countryside and a sense of connection to another world.
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Nobody is born evil.
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Sometimes, there's a preconceived notion of how a scene or how a work should be delivered. And I see young performers sometimes try and deliver that, and it's not really true to their voice or who they are.
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Their [Phoenix] audience wasn't into us at all. The way most of the venues worked was there was no alcohol on the floor so usually during our set most people were in the lobby getting their drink on.
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With childhood comes a brief grace period of ignorant bliss -- when you're not aware of the pain around you. That is the most special, truly unique time. It is the core of adult lament.
