Owen Wister Quotes
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Some of us are lucky enough to choose what we wear, and some of us don't have that luxury, but we all are communicating something to the world around us by what we wear, no matter if it's sweatpants or a tuxedo.
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It's very hard to be an innovator at the highest level in any discipline. For some chefs it's merely about combining ingredients, but that's something you can do with your eyes closed.
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You can't get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
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You've got to be taught to hate and fear.
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When you're not under a 'series regular' contract, and other jobs come up, you try to juggle everything.
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If it helped you get your music off the ground, I'm glad you done it.
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There's the person that's the addict, and then there's the person that's who you are.
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You CAN have it all. You just can't have it all at once.
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Mental health is seen as a massive drag to have to write about - worthy, dull. Something you should 'have' to read / write about.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you improvise and create a character while the camera is rolling.
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You know, children philosophize more than adults - and they are critical of adults.
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You know once you get in the business you know what you're getting into.
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Only in your imagination can you revise.
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Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
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Anytime you put a movie out it's subject to such scrutiny and such criticism.
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I'm just a kid from Bronx who got lucky.
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I'm sensitive, you know, about some things, and as some of my partners could attest to, incredibly insensitive.
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A lot of my songs are about taking whatever life throws at you and making the most of it.
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You see, I have many friends in the Hindi film industry.
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I think all children draw, as soon as they figure out the thumb and can grab crayons. The only difference with people like myself is that we never stopped drawing.
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I loved Hendrix. I mean, really, really loved him. As if he were one of the great classical composers. And he was. That's how I saw him.
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When you're a storyteller, part of the process of storytelling is the kind of communion you form with the audience to whom you're telling your story. If some segment of the audience doesn't like that story, it doesn't feel good.
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When you can't have what you choose, you just choose what you have.
