Warren Zevon Quotes
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In 1949 - my father stayed on in Shanghai after the war. But in 1949, the Communists took over the whole of China, and in fact, my father was caught by the Communists in Shanghai. And he was there for about a year until he was finally able to get out.
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I like to think that I could praise the good book of someone I personally dislike. I try not to comment on the person, to be insulting, but I have no trouble being insulting to the work.
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Toronto Film Festival is one of those festivals where there are 400 movies, and unless you have a distributor who is super confident and puts a lot of money into it, sometimes movies can go unwatched or unnoticed.
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Viola Davis is a perfect example of somebody who's so much better than the parts she has the opportunity to play.
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I think of the prisoners on 'Orange Is the New Black,' a lot of times, as uplifting.
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I have short-term memory loss. I know that some of the memories of the Super Bowl championships are fading.
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Movie-making is serious business. The director and the crew are already under a lot of pressure to give their best to the audience. Therefore, the best part for me as an actor is to act well in the movies and make a jolly atmosphere with the co-stars on the sets.
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I keep waiting to meet a man who has more balls than I do.
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There's more to life than physical and material.
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It was my wish since I was a child to become something, to be able to stand on my own two feet, to do something for myself.
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For me, the spirit of Christmas means being happy and giving freely. It's a tradition for all the kids in the family to help mom decorate the tree. Christmas is all about family, eating, drinking and making merry.
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I don't know if you can catch my vibe, but I'm a pretty laid-back guy.
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I can hang out with all my boyfriend's friends. I know how to roll with the guys.
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I've got four kids - I unblock a toilet every day.
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The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression.
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I'm someone that examines culture and tries to break down why things are the way that they are whether its hip-hop music, sex, race, or consumerism. I try to examine it and scrutinize it to the point where I can write a song.
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We're all living blinkered lives, and we're not seeing what's going on and looking to change it. I'm not saying that everyone has to make a political statement, but we need to be more aware of what's happening and why.
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I never stood for any president in my life, never voted, before Barack Obama. It changed my life to vote. It starts there with me. I never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.
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I used to sing in jazz clubs with a friend until she went another way.
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In my early 20s, I was a big fan of Theodore Dreiser and might be one of the few people on the planet who have voluntarily read all his novels.
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I do like musical films more than big Hollywood films, especially those by Jacques Demi and Vincent Minelli.
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It is, finally, a word is untimely in three different senses, and bearing it as one's treasure will not win one anyone's favours; one rather risks finding oneself outside everyone's camp... Beauty is the word that shall be our first.
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Right, those relationships with your parents and family are the hardest to figure out, and the same patterns get carried into a band situation.
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I'm not a big jazz fan.
