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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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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Love works not for profit nor reward; yet God has ordained that great gain shall be the certain result of every labor of love.
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Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.
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Help in the broadest sense is, in fact, one of the most important currencies that flow between members of society because help is one of the main ways of expressing love and other caring emotions that humans express.
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Music is the only passion I shamelessly indulge in. However, for recreation I enjoy watching movies. 'Wizard of Oz' was the first film I ever saw, followed by the 'Bond' movies. I also watch a lot of World cinema through DVDs mostly brought by one of my best friends who's now based in Toronto.
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Men are cowards when it comes to the "eternally feminine": and the little women know 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.
