Carter Burwell Quotes
I think I've only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy.
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Jazz is smooth and cool. Jazz is rage. Jazz flows like water. Jazz never seems to begin or end. Jazz isn't methodical, but jazz isn't messy either. Jazz is a conversation, a give and take. Jazz is the connection and communication between musicians. Jazz is abandon.
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The difference between working with actors that have put their time in the theater and just straight film and television actors is that you trust theater actors a lot more. You know that they're seriously more trained than anyone else because theater is the best place to grow as an actor.
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The idea of a news broadcast once was to find someone with information and broadcast it. The idea now is to find someone with ignorance and spread it around.
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If you don't like the President, it costs you 90 bucks to fly to Washington to picket. If you don't like the governor, it costs you 60 bucks to fly to Albany to picket. If you don't like me - 90 cents.
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Our country does not believe in the concept of your God and my God. We believe that all gods are one. We have different ways of accepting Him. All ways lead to Him.
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He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.
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It's very disincentivizing to have others take care of your needs.
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Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in it but you, your pain is madness or hysteria.
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In 1960, John F. Kennedy rode a superior televised debate performance to victory over Richard Nixon.
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It is right that he too should have his little chronicle, his memories, his reason, and be able to recognize the good in the bad, the bad in the worst, and so grow gently old down all the unchanging days, and die one day like any other day, only shorter.
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I'll work out with my trainer twice a week, and I'll do some Power Pilates and might throw in some yoga. I love to row also. The main thing for me is just to move every single day for 30 minutes to an hour.
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I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.
Garry Kasparov
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India is the most competitive manufacturing destination on this planet. If we are able to take advantage of that competitiveness for our domestic markets, this country would be humming with activity; industrial production will grow at 10-11% per year.
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There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL convertible.
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When you cover the economy as a reporter, there's one part of the job that is always easy: finding economists who disagree.
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The Hungarian interest is that, if necessary, we should make loan agreements with the IMF on a regular basis.
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I love being a part of the country-music community.
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This is why fiction is an art, and life is not - how much more affecting is the lie than the truth.
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I'm a father myself for the first time in my life, and I had very very loving parents.
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I have a tendency toward being a micromanager. Which, the bigger the project you're involved in, the harder that becomes.
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Rockets have remained fundamentally unchanged, except for a few exceptions for the last almost 50 years. So, for there to be a fundamental shift in rocketry and getting into space, there almost has to be a breakthrough in propulsion. Either in how to bring the price down, or how to more efficiently get people up into space and the key barrier is the expense of a rocket.
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When I was a kid, we'd go to the movies, and my parents would reach out to everyone around us in the theater, most of whom could barely afford the movie ticket. They'd hand out popcorn and Milk Duds, strike up conversations with them, lend shoulders to cry on, learn their names, and smile at everyone.
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I think I've only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy.
