Richard Strauss Quotes
The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play.
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Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.
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I used to watch movies - silent movies - and stock companies and theater whenever I could.
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I think any time you have a super team, whether it's all men or all women or both, what you have are people with very unique strengths that aren't always totally compatible.
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I don't want to lose what I've won.
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Before 'Lucky Louie,' nobody would ever cast me to play a mom or a wife; nobody ever saw me in that role, which is weird, since that's who I really am.
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People work hard.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.
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We all have our own little thing, I think.
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I went to high school in Stockton, CA.
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If someone says you're a reporter and doesn't want you to anchor then you wonder why you worked so hard at it.
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I live in New York and got a call from my agent saying there was this new role on 'Mad Men,' it might be recurring and they're seeing people tomorrow. I said, 'OK, this is one of those things where you hedge your bets, use your miles and get on a plane.' I flew out Tuesday morning and got the job on a Wednesday.
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'The Voice' ignited a fire in me to be an artist and to be a country singer, but not winning ignited an even bigger fire, because I was just like, 'First of all, I know that I want this'; now I wanted it even more, 'cause I didn't know if I had a record deal.
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Who's not a fan of Don Williams? He's the gentle giant.
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One of Lady Antebellum's first big tours was opening up for Kenny Chesney.
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I am big into water sports and just being out on the water. That is second nature to me, being from Florida.
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'Catcher in the Rye' changed my life when I was a kid. I read it as I was a boy turning into a man, and I was so fascinated by the values. I believe in it.
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I try to begin with a strong grasp of my characters. Even if it's schematic, I need it clear in my head who these people are.
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I can't even say I've begun yet, but I'm trying on the idea that there is a book in my future.
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Today's children are taught by our culture that we are a cosmic accident. Something slithered out of the primal slime and over billions of years evolved into a human being. We are cousins, ten times removed, to the ape at the zoo eating his own excrement.
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You ask particularly after my health. I suppose that I have not many months to live; but, of course, I know nothing about it. I may add that I am enjoying existence as much as ever, and regret nothing.
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Nothing is all good or all bad, nothing is black or white, everything is just messy and human and difficult.
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The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play.
