Winston Groom Quotes
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I wouldn't be where I am without Evolve.
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It happens that I'm heterosexual, but I don't care about that. I do care about protecting the rights of 10 percent of our population who are homosexual and who don't have the ability to protect their rights.
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I want a place where I can have horses.
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I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to do I didn't.
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I've seen 'Silence of the Lambs,' like, fifty or sixty times. That's my favorite movie of all time.
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I feel I will always have that spirit bear with me, so I will always feel protected.
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It's the face and the body and the thing that we hide inside that can keep us from the world, but my voice is my voice.
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If we can return to a government that the Founders, in their wisdom, envisioned for us, we can return to a government that will allow our economy to thrive again, and our people to live in liberty.
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I love ensemble work. I love making pieces and building things together.
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Then all of a sudden, Quentin Tarantino comes along and puts a song from 40 years ago in one of his films and they've suddenly discovered you. That was a real gift that Quentin gave me.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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As an artist, you're always going to be yearning and wanting and never satisfied. I never feel like I've really achieved something.
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No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.
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Not all offers I get are exciting and inspiring. I would rather sit at home and not work than jump into mediocrity for the sake of just moving ahead. If it's a good script, I would sacrifice my personal time and grab it.
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I belong to the Congress. My party has always supported prohibition, though it may not have been successful in implementing prohibition in many states.
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Most people are sceptical about the wrong things and gullible about the wrong things.
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So we're led by denial like lambs to the slaughterServing empires of style and carbonated sugar waterAnd the old farm road's a four-lane that leads to the mallAnd our dreams are all guillotines waiting to fall.
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Both of my grandfathers were in the service. It's one of those things that you can't be thankful enough for.
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I'm always curious about anyone who has enough passion to go onstage and say, 'This is what I'm really passionate about.' It's always worth listening to.
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But I don't think that sculpture belongs in everyday life like a table does, or like a chair.
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I really like Los Angeles - I had a good life out there. But the reason I choose to live in New York is because when I'm between engagements, as they say, something creative always comes up for me, like 'Julian Po,' or helping teach at NYU, or helping stage a show at Juilliard.
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There are moments as a teacher when I'm conscious that I'm trotting out the same exact phrase my professor used with me years ago. It's an eerie feeling, as if my old mentor is not just in the room, but in my shoes, using me as his mouthpiece.
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Honor is simply the morality of superior men.
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I may not be a smart man, but I know what love is.
