Richard Linklater Quotes
Your friends are really an extension of your vision of the world. It's kind of a physical manifestation of how you feel. Like your soul.
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Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.
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I haven't listened to much music lately; I've been out of it.
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The Soviet Union was a very useful ally in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
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I feel like I should be more in touch with the nuances of this game.
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When the kid goes to bed, you get a little bit of time for yourself and maybe your partner, so being delayed in that departure can be particularly frustrating.
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We aren't upset when Paramount makes a $200 million movie that flops, but if a charity experiments with a $5 million fundraising event that fails, we call in the attorneys. So charities are petrified of trying bold new revenue-generating endeavors and can't develop the powerful learning curves the for-profit sector can.
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I'm a sucker for doing something fun. If somebody wants to pay me to learn how to fly a plane or be a better golfer, that certainly would be a plus - or if it's filming in Tahiti.
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I used to be obsessed with game shows. When the Game Show Network became popular in the late '90s, I was all about reruns of 'The Price Is Right.' I knew all the prices from the '70s.
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When you don't see Jesus for exactly what he was, you miss the whole point of the Jesus Prayer. If you don't understand Jesus, you can't understand his prayer - you don't get the prayer at all, you just get some kind of organized cant. Jesus was a supreme adept, by God, on a terribly important mission.
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I am going to marry my novels and have little short stories for children.
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I think I'm a girl's girl in the sense that I support women a lot, and I'm definitely all for girl power, but I think I'm quite a tomboy at heart - even though I love my fashion and dressing up, I think my essence is very boyish.
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Enclave life becomes very tense, Even when they do elect a leader, the factions remain, with the threat of splitting off.
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The purpose creates the machine.
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If you want to win a race you have to go a little berserk.
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Nobody plans on playing their own songs in front of thousands of people.
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There are two sides to every question.
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My wife, Donna, is a fantastic cook!
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It's an often-asked question, 'Why did all these spotty white English boys suddenly start playing blues in the '60s?' It was recognized as this kind of vibrant music and when I first started playing in a blues band I just wanted to bring it to a wider public who hadn't really heard it.
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The world we live in is vastly different from the world we think we live in.
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I love almost everything about my work except conferences. I am too shy in front of an audience. But I love signings and having eye contact with a reader who already knows my soul.
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I think the main thing is to find something you care about. A cause. I think it starts with others. Who do you look up to? Who do you want to help? Start in your own community.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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I’ve been thinking about the war a lot recently, and I think I’ve decided it’s wrong. We are defeating ourselves in waging it, will destroy ourselves by winning it.
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Your friends are really an extension of your vision of the world. It's kind of a physical manifestation of how you feel. Like your soul.
