William Romaine Quotes
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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I just want to be myself and be real and be funny.
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Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
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My original name was Juaquin, and my cousin couldn't pronounce my name right. So he'd just be saying 'Waka! Waka!' So when I was younger, I used to always laugh, then my man Gucci gave me the rest of the name.
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Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
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The interesting thing about London is that there are always stylish surprises around every corner.
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You've got to separate the singer and the songs.
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A pulp story without a detective and, obviously, somebody for him to do battle with is unthinkable, and I can't remember reading a pulp story that didn't have a dame - either a good girl or a bad girl.
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Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if you move too quickly, our democracy will be less responsible to the majority.
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It's wrong to say that there is no performance in a glamorous role. Even a glam role takes in a lot of effort. There is a fine line between being glamorous and being vulgar; you have to feel comfortable in what you wear.
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I would love to write a screenplay for 'Badlands' one day. I don't think I could ever have the patience to do it; I don't even have the patience to write songs. I write some of the shortest songs ever because I don't have the patience.
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We're bigger now than we were in the late 70s when we were peaking.
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I haven't done an international film for a long time.
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It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the power to choose either.
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Let us distinguish between acting intentionally and acting deliberately or on purpose, as far as this can be done by attending to what language can teach us.
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But my lord, Yvonne, surely you know by this time I can’t get drunk however much I drink.
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If we could let go of our faith in money, who knows what we might put in its place?
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I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.
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If you own a portfolio of stocks, you must learn to sell the worst performers first and keep the best a little longer.
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When I first started, I worked with three chords in every bar, but I found that tied me down - I'm not a chord-change writer, I'm a songwriter.
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O Woman, you are not merely the handiwork of God, but also of men; these are ever endowing you with beauty from their own hearts … You are one-half woman and one-half dream.
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Every brilliant book I read is an influence and an inspiration. As is every brilliant movie I watch and every brilliant box set.
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In books I converse with men, in the Bible I converse with God.
