Craig Lancaster Quotes
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Oh wow, you know what's wrong with all these families on TV? All these kids say stuff no kid would say. Stuff grown-ups want them to say. Man, I'd make a really realistic family. Where kids get spankings. On TV parents say, 'Oh, you shouldn't do that ever again. Now you can have ice cream.' Forget it.
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Limit to courage? There is no limit to courage.
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Working with Rosshan Andrews has been wonderful.
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I do remember the tour of 'Cats' in Philadelphia. I was 12 and had a stomach bug.
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What's upsetting about an autobiography is that the final chapter is always missing. I mean, you want the death, don't you?
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You have not found your place until all your faculties are roused, and your whole nature consents and approves of the work you are doing.
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The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
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When anyone recognizes you on the street, they are always very nice and genuine and excited to meet you.
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Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry.
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I take nothing away from my existence in the 'hood, because it sharpened my instincts. We had a different way of living that developed our survival instincts, and I use those to this day when I make films. You can't buy that.
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I have a wonderful family: My parents are churchgoing, salt-of-the-earth Southern people. They gave me a lot of love and are so unaffected by fame.
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I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz.
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There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.
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I think probably the thing I'm worst at is the most ephemeral stuff, like blogs. I find it really hard to write. And I'm often been asked to write columns for papers in Peru. And I can't. I would die. There's no way I could write a column.
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I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.
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Everyone should have the opportunity to get affordable, quality health coverage.
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That the caste system must be abolished if the Hindu society is to be reconstructed on the basis of equality, goes without saying. Untouchability has its roots in the caste system. They cannot expect the Brahmins to rise in revolt against the caste system. Also we cannot rely upon the non-Brahmins and ask them to fight our battle.
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I hate jealousy, I hate possessiveness. I'm nobody's possession.
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My business is to obey when the Lord commands, and this is the duty of all mankind.
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What's better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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Though I played classical piano since age 5 and sang in a cappella groups, being an artist didn't seem like something I was talented enough to do full time. So I kind of buried that dream.
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The people starve because those above them eat too much tax-grain. That is the only reason why they starve.
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The good-byes you refuse to say must be the hardest of all.
