Eric Burns Quotes
The most famous people in the world today don’t address the world’s most pressing needs. Rather, they distract us from them.They provide amusement, not sustenance.
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The Romantics were whipping boys of the New Criticism, but they appealed to me anyway. I was recalcitrant. It was clear to me that they had thought innovatively.
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I've done comedy most of my career, which I love, but I wanted to expand.
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Therefore, you are not training young people for the world of today and the world of tomorrow unless you are doing proven technology training. That is one of the reasons I'm so concerned.
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You do not need a therapist if you own a motorcycle, any kind of motorcycle!
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I went into acting as psychotherapy, and it's still a work in progress.
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As soon as I get home, all I want to eat is seafood.
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My view is that while you do occasionally have differences you ought to have a process where you can sit down and talk about things. How else do you solve problems?
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Totalitarianism is feudalism in the twelfth century sense of the word.
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My style is very simple, but I love Reese Witherspoon, Kate Hudson and Kate Middleton.
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With these big superhero movies, everybody is so tight-lipped about everything, there's a certain amount of just going on faith.
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Well, surely, I am not in charge of South Africa.
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It's rare to find women who have that balance between work and life, who are really psyched for another woman's success.
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Because I think in order to get famous you have to be known for something. Like 'You're the romantic comedy girl' or 'You're the Oscar-winning whatever girl.'
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I feel good. I think everything went good.
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The United States is very good at understanding itself, and very bad at understanding others.
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With the Internet and social media being a huge part of today's culture, I think it's super important to promote staying smart online.
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To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.
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The online video business started in both China and the US around 2005/6, when broadband penetration grew big enough.
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All my brothers and my dad at one point had dreadlocks.
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I readily concede that a prime minister is not required to speak on every occasion or on every subject, but when there is a duty to speak, silence is unacceptable. Silence can be a strategy, silence can be a tactic, but silence can never be an answer to the ills of our polity and the fault lines of our society.
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I was a religious 'SNL' watcher all through middle school. I was obsessed with Molly Shannon, Ana Gasteyer, Cheri Oteri - they were on right when I found the show. Then I started watching the older episodes, and it just totally blew my mind that my dream show already existed.
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'Bloodshot,' for me, was unlike anything I'd ever done before, which was really the draw of it. In addition to trying to reconnect with my earlier work, I also wanted to try to do something that was completely new and different.
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Ursula Nordstrom was famous for finding artists in unlikely places. Maurice Sendak was a window designer, and she just came across one of his windows. Everyone was looking to find a talent.
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The most famous people in the world today don’t address the world’s most pressing needs. Rather, they distract us from them.They provide amusement, not sustenance.
