Joseph Henry "T Bone" Burnett III (T Bone Burnett) Quotes
Probably the deepest use of music and of art is to create conscience.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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People think, 'Jack, you do too much.'
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I just have always felt that I think we know that it's an ensemble show, and it's very hard to pick a show to submit when you're nominated, because usually everyone has a very strong part in every episode.
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Part of the way the work world works is not so much creating a separation between your work and your free time, but creating the illusion of a separation between your work and your free time. Every day is the weekend for me, which means I'm always busy.
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Remember daydreams? No, of course you don't. How could you? Three new text messages have just arrived, and another three, in a moment, will go out.
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It's a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president... except me.
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A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.
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In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
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I have no political aspirations. That's it.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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I do not have any pets. We travel too much.
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In 1990, when I had just arrived in New York City as a wet-behind-the-ears 20-something girl from Arizona, I spent a year or more working as the personal secretary and secret ghostwriter to an American-born countess in her apartment on the Upper East Side.
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Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.
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Engineering or technology is all about using the power of science to make life better for people, to reduce cost, to improve comfort, to improve productivity, etc.
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You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.
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I'm always writing and learning. It's about growth. So I'm growing as a musician, as a guitarist.
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Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.
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You can't totally rebel, otherwise you have to go live on your own, on a desert island. It's as simple as that.
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Twenty-nine turnovers didn't help us at all. Shooting 1-for-9 in 3-pointers in the first half didn't help us. But, man, they're a scrappy basketball team. They play in those spurts and that's what makes them good. They can afford not to play well in 2- or 3-minute spans. We can't. We're not good enough of a basketball team to do that.
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It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents.
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Somebody that's not real. They go in the studio and all of the sudden become hard, when they used to do dance music.
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When I came back to America, I realized that world music is no joke, it really has a lot to it.
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It must be recognized that in any culture the source of law is the god of that society
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Probably the deepest use of music and of art is to create conscience.
