Chris Paine Quotes
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To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
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I'm on the road earning my money. I didn't get any million pound record deals. Not unless you're Jedward! I'm doing very well, but I still have a mortgage to pay off. So I'm on the road.
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If you were black, you experienced prejudice. It wasn't a real horrible thing for us; we went through it. We noticed it mostly in the South and in Las Vegas, where we couldn't stay in the hotels where we entertained. But that began to change.
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And it was then that I realized wow, I'm able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that.
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The rehearsal is where it all happens for an actor.
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There are complications in relationships between men and women. There always will be.
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To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult.
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I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house.
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Basketball paid for four years of my education, and I am so proud of that.
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There's a lot of interviews now where nobody seems to talk about anything. Like it's illegal. But it can be fun if you stay involved. Like most conversations.
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A lot of my writer friends - some of whom are brilliant - work when the Muse calls them, for lack of a better description. You know, days of nothing, then this creative burst where they write for 36 hours straight fueled by caffeine and idealism.
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Let's face it, I only practice yoga because the classes are always packed with beautiful women.
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I love the produce section at the grocery store.
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I think if you are creative then it's an unstoppable thing. It just keeps coming throughout your entire life.
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You put a lot of pressure on your defenders to be able to hold the fort when you go forward.
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The atmosphere of Catholicism in Korea is quite different to the way it is practised and perceived in Europe or the U.S.
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And I haven't read a lot of blogs but if someone writes about what they care about I'm sure it's interesting.
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I dream of instruments obedient to my thought and which with their contribution of a whole new world of unsuspected sounds, will lend themselves to the exigencies of my inner rhythm.
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I've worked with David Lynch since I was 17, and working with him is home and family; being around Alexander Payne is home and family, Jonathan Demme. There are directors... Robert Altman, Paul Thomas Anderson... They are directors where I create homes.
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There is a triple layer of jargon when writing about climate change. You have the scientists, who are very cautious now because of the amount of climate denial. Then you have the U.N. jargon - I had to carry around a glossary of terms. It was like an alphabet soup.
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I love life. I think it's fantastic. Sometimes it deals hard things, and when it deals great things, you have to seize them.
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I grow more intense as I age.
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Potential is universal, opportunity is not.
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Resistance to change is always the biggest obstacle
