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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People I respect complimenting me on my work in fashion is more exciting to me than anything I ever achieved as a Spice Girl. I am now competing in an arena where I can hold my head high. I feel quite confident in what I'm doing now, much more than the singing. I was never going to give Mariah Carey any competition.
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It doesn't really exist, this Frat Pack. We run into each other on occasions and we all like each other's films, I guess, but there isn't some big funny restaurant or bar where we all hang out. At least, if there is, they haven't invited me.
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I'm absolutely confident that the God that I worship abhors violence.
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Dance music is an emotional journey. It's how well you can make people feel something that they haven't felt.
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All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearly stated.
