Barry Sears Quotes
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We went from journalism, in newspapers that gets heavily edited, to blogs, where you can express your opinions, to tweeting, where you can say anything, and it gets repeated and becomes fact when it isn't. It's something the entire world is going to have to come to grips with.
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Scoring the first 10 in history was a big deal, but the fact that even an electronic scoreboard could not figure out how to put out a score, it made the story more historic.
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I'm very wary of news on television.
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I watched a lot of old television growing up - a lot of Nick at Nite. I watched 'Rhoda', 'Mary Tyler Moore', and 'I Love Lucy.' Growing up, I loved 'My So Called Life' and was devastated when that went off the air.
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I'm down for adventure and up for anything.
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I'd always assumed that I would die at about the same age as my dad - he was 45. I am five years in credit now. I can't get my head around the fact that I am older than he was - ever.
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You don't particularly want to stay close to your ex-wife. Or why would she be your ex-wife?
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Sometimes I just think that there are more things to be said to make the audience understand what I'm trying to do more. When I'm singing, I don't want you to just hear the melody. I want you to relive the story, because most of the songs have pretty good storytelling.
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In order to be a diplomat, one must speak a number of languages, including doubletalk.
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I can always see what I've done wrong. I'm always learning. I'm the perennial student.
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I have been proud to fight and stand for religious liberty, to stand against Planned Parenthood, to defend life for my entire career.
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It is not enough to know your craft - you have to have feeling. Science is all very well, but for us imagination is worth far more.
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The best quick tip in golf is to focus on your rhythm and balance.
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My big downfall is deep-dish pizza from Chicago. That is why I can't go vegan - I can't give up cheese. I can't give up dairy.
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I like football, but I think this is a very personal matter. I don't see any negatives for some Russian rich man to buy a football club.
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The whole year I was in LA I got into telemarketing and learned how to make money. Five years later that skill helped me make my first film.
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My house has too many distractions. There's the email. There's checking my Amazon ranking. I know I'm the only author who's ever done that, ever. There's the fax. Too many distractions. I like to go out and write.
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Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.
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Acting is more fun than writing. Writing is harder, more like having a term paper.
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If you are without bread, how much wisdom can you boast and of what real utility are your talents, if you cannot procure for yourselves and save against a day of scarcity those substances designed to sustain your natural lives?
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I love physical kinds of comedy and getting down and dirty and doing stunts. When I was growing up, I was always getting into fights with guys and usually punching out boys my age because I was a lot bigger and tougher. So I'm naturally accustomed to putting myself into the headspace of a girl who can take care of herself.
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When I was a young writer if you went to a party and told somebody you were a science-fiction writer you would be insulted. They would call you Flash Gordon all evening, or Buck Rogers.
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Skynyrd is a big family. We have argued, fussed, and fought.
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Eating a slice of white bread is like eating pure sugar.
