Carter Burwell Quotes
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Oh, I had, 'No one will ever fancy me!' I had that well into my teens. Even now I do not consider myself to be some kind of great, sexy beauty. I don't mind the way I'm ageing. No reason to panic just yet. I think I look my age, and that's fine.
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There is a restaurant in L.A. called Crustacean, which is very famous for its garlic crab. Well, I can make garlic crab better than Crustacean. My sauce is so good you'll want to dip your bread in it, put it on your egg omelet, in your cereal, and in everything else.
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I didn't want to be an author; I wanted to be a scientist. Not that I didn't love literature, but I couldn't distinguish it from reading, and reading was already my default activity, almost like breathing.
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I have no doubt that Brian May would have had a brilliant career in science had he completed his Ph.D. in 1971.
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Tennis is for me joy, nothing less than that.
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I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams.
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To me there is no picture so beautiful as smiling, bright-eyed, happy children; no music so sweet as their clear and ringing laughter.
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'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' is one of the greatest films of all time.
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My education was very tough.
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Probably the most useful thing I can do as secretary of state is to assist the president in adapting and renewing the transnational institutions that were created after World War II.
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Guardiola focuses only on the tactics.
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Humanity I love you because when you're hard up you pawn your intelligence to buy a drink.
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I've been the lull, and I've been the storm and also somewhere in between. But that's OK. I love the limelight after all.
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I wanted nothing less than to be a fiction writer when I was a kid. If you had told me I would be an artist or novelist when I grew up, I would have laughed in your face.
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I don't believe that a hydrogen economy depends on a carbon economy at all.
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Whether defending our nation as a Black Hawk pilot abroad or serving our veterans and those in need at home, my life has been enriched by the opportunities I've had to serve my country and fellow citizens, both in and out of uniform.
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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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Bad news on the doorstep;I couldn’t take one more step
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Al the povere peple tho pescoddes fetten; Benes and baken apples thei broghte in hir lappe, Chibolles and chervelles and ripe chiries manye, And profrede Piers this present to plese with Hunger.
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I am proud to be in the Senate. I have always been proud to be a part of our political system. It is a remarkable privilege to participate in this system of ours.
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In 'Bunny,' I have got my dialogues - almost 80 per cent of my shots were okayed in a single take. I did put in effort and did a lot of homework.
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It was 100 percent music. There was no ego involved, no attitudes, no black and white, it was pure music.
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All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearly stated.
