Carter Burwell Quotes
Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste.
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I have to keep reminding myself: If you give your life to God, he doesn't promise you happiness and that everything will go well. But he does promise you peace. You can have peace and joy, even in bad circumstances.
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Freedom is never granted; it is won.
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Throughout my life, I have valued relationships far more than the professionalism.
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I'm more a fan of my fans than I think they are of me!
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The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.
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Ignoring facts does not make them go away.
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To be an ideal guest, stay at home.
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Name the book that made the biggest impression on you. I bet you read it before you hit puberty. In the time I've got left, I intend to write artistic books - for kids - because they're still open to new ideas.
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People want to imagine I spend every night going to premieres and putting on frocks and getting into limos, and yet I do that maybe twice a year, if that.
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But God, who is immortal, has no need of difference of sex, nor of succession.
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People ask what my goal is. I don't have a goal.
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I love love stories, no matter how dark.
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The decisions and problems of Uruguay will be resolved by Uruguayans.
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Then as everything, like I say, things started to come together, when things started to go our way, that's when you results started to come. I was no different driver. I was certainly learning every time I went in the car.
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Here is something no real celebrity will ever tell you: film acting is not very fun. Doing the same thing over and over again until, in the director's eyes, you 'get it right' does not allow for very much creative freedom... In terms of sheer adrenaline, film has absolutely nothing on theater.
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I don't focus on the scale. I focus on doing my job. The team staff and the program I've been working on, they've been touching on that, but I don't focus on the scale.
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If we fix our economic system and invest in the human capital of the poor, then we should welcome every new person born as a source of betterment for our world and all of us on it.
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Essentially, your voice is an instrument; its a muscle, and you have to treat it like a muscle, and so you have to work it.
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I studied in a Catholic school in Oahu, and I went to a film school in New York.
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Theatre has always been better disposed to colourblind casting than telly or film. Given that most television is contemporary, and it reaches 56 million people, I am disappointed there still isn't more representation.
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I feel like I have a pretty eclectic taste in music and art, so for every song I can see a different kind of video.
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This time, something happens to Jack on a very personal level. Because he's presumed dead, a lot of the boundaries he was restricted by -- by virtue of who he was working for -- don't exist now. And he's mad.
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Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste.
