Vladimir Vysotsky Quotes
When meeting me, I always see only good things in a person. Until the person himself proves the opposite.
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If I can't drive my old pickup to wherever I'm going, well, chances are good that I just won't go.
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It's fun to look at people that are so good at acting that aren't actors, like David Bowie creating a mystique about rock n' roll.
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I'd rather have one good scene in a movie by a great director than a small role in a mediocre movie.
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Normally, most writers don't say, 'I'm going into a mild hypnotic trance.' Typically, they don't know how they do it. Most people, when they have a good experience writing, they're well placed in that state, which is also sometimes called a 'flow state.' If you don't have trouble, you don't have to think about it.
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I've written a few songs that have to do with being in a relationship, the bad and the good.
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Betty White is a riot. She is a good time! That is the bottom line: Betty White is a good time. She is really an incredible woman. She is so kind. She doesn't have one mean bone in her body, and she is the funniest woman in the room always. And you'll never hear one complaint from her.
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Good comics gravitate to each other; you know who's your type of person by watching them onstage, hopefully.
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If everybody is doing it one way, there's a good chance you can find your niche by going exactly in the opposite direction.
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Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.
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I've had more ups than downs in my career. All you can do is keep working. You still have to take enjoyment out of what you're doing, and things will turn, and my smile has always been there. In good moments and bad.
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It's much funnier when the comedy can happen with me just trying my best to genuinely do a good thing.
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Positive social emotions like compassion and empathy are generally good for us, and we want to encourage them. But do we know how to most reliably raise children to care about the suffering of other people? I'm not sure we do.
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A book tour is not a good opportunity to let your mind wander. You have to pay attention, remember salespeople's and interviewers' names, succinctly summarize your book in a 'selling' way, and so on.
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I have a study now - I used not to. I also love working in cafes; ignoring noise is good for concentration.
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All attempts at gaining literary polish must begin with judicious reading, and the learner must never cease to hold this phase uppermost. In many cases, the usage of good authors will be found a more effective guide than any amount of precept.
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Lots of people think I'm telling porky pies when I say how nervous I get about singing. I was good at working out how music was put together, and I was good at being at the back, but if you asked me to sing up front, then I looked like I was going to pass out.
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Whenever something good happens to me, it's usually followed by something terrible.
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It's good for me to do things outside my comfort zone and push myself.
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I don’t see anyone better than me. No player does things that I cannot do myself, but I see things others can’t do. There’s no more complete player than me. I’m the best player in history - in the good and the bad moments.
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Film is a very intimate medium.
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I'm not like a voracious hoarder who has 50,000 albums of vinyl stacked in a storage space in the San Fernando Valley. But I do have albums from the last 40 years of my life.
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Whatsoever has exceeded its proper limit is in an unstable position.
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Owning a popular sports team is very different than any other type of business. They don't throw parades when Apple has the biggest quarter in corporate history. People don't call and email asking for anyone from the team to come visit their sick child. They don't cry as they request a jersey of their child's favorite player to be buried with them.
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When meeting me, I always see only good things in a person. Until the person himself proves the opposite.
