Larry Flynt Quotes
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If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.
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You've got to be taught to hate and fear.
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I don't really like to explain my songs.
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So most astronauts getting ready to lift off are excited and very anxious and worried about that explosion - because if something goes wrong in the first seconds of launch, there's not very much you can do.
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I think that as you get older, you become aware of everything that could go wrong.
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The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever.
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There's a reason you can still read Thucydides, and it still makes sense to you thousands of years later.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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With sitcom writing, you're trying to write stories.
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For an actor, a Mamet play is definitely on the list of things you hope to be a part of before it's time to exit.
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I like artists who have something to say, not wallpaper.
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I feel like I'm supposed to be a shooter.
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Everybody has this sack they're carrying. Some are heavier. Some are lighter. But no one doesn't have it. And if you think someone doesn't have it, they have a bigger one than you imagine.
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Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
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To people of my generation, the picture show was really another dimension - sensual, whimsical. No uniforms or collective rites, but a place where little boys like me could laugh and feel free.
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At some point, you decide to take something you really like and turn it into a business you love.
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Anytime you put a movie out it's subject to such scrutiny and such criticism.
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Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.
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When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.
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I got started when I was 3 years old because my father was a music teacher and my lessons were free. Instead of learning to walk, you learn to play the piano.
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No one can complain about earning good money, but for me, it's being able to help my family out, put my brother and sister through school, take my family on holiday. That's where I get the biggest buzz, not buying a pair of £500 shoes.
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I can still memory - taste the fresh buttermilk pancakes and hot buttermilk biscuits - both made with lard! - that were cooked on the top, or in the oven, of that ancient iron stove.
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You have to be able to tolerate what you don't necessarily like so you can be free.
