Borden Chase Quotes
There are three times in a man's life when he has the right to yell at the moon-when he marries; when his children come; and when he finishes a job he had to be crazy to start.
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Don't try and make a movie for someone else. You have to make it for you and trust that you're not that unique. And that'll matter to other people as well.
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There's a generation of people who've made their own money and are among the most generous people you would ever meet.
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I think it's always dangerous to make political arguments in a religiously ideological way. And it's very dangerous to treat as traitors to the American nation those who think differently.
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I'm a sort of nuts-and-bolts guy. I'm into turning wrenches and swinging a hammer and wrenching on cars.
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Working is hard and distracts from having fun.
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People come over, and we watch things like 'The Paul Lynde Halloween Special.' I have a hot tub. Everybody puts on a bathing suit and we splash around.
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Everything I do now is a first.
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This is my seventh decade... and every once in a while I get a hankering to re-visit these songs again... songs with which I have had a great relationship.
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You could argue that 'Sweeney Todd' was romantic, if you looked closely at it, but it didn't impart that to its audiences. But it's large, and it's melodramatic, and it's a style I like to work in periodically.
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Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.
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Guard units in the U.S. are suffering severe equipment shortages which will affect their ability to respond to emergencies in their home States, such as Katrina.
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I dropped chemistry. I practically blew up the lab in college.
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God spoke to me and called me to His Service. What form this service was to take the voice did not say.
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Zef is like dirt, it's like scum. There was no zef movement before we came along.
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As a street performer, I have learned that everybody wants to connect. And that usually, if you're a bit extraordinary, if you're not exactly of human appearance, then people will feel inclined to participate and to feel out loud. It's as though you made something resonate within them.
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The last job I applied for was to be a bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority in 1957.
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It was my love for the guitar that first got me into music and singing.
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My life was on the line here and my career and everything I worked for, it was hanging by a thread.
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I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on.
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I don't want to live in a culture of despair. I'd like to live in a culture of hope.
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Don't tear your hair out over a woman; it'll be harder to attract the next one if you're bald.
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My music is best understood by children and animals.
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I think, if I'm doing my job correctly, I'm presenting a scenario for you as the reader to engage with on your own. I mean, that's what the best art is supposed to do. It's not supposed to be political. I think if you read all my books, you know where I stand, pretty much.
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There are three times in a man's life when he has the right to yell at the moon-when he marries; when his children come; and when he finishes a job he had to be crazy to start.
