Eric Shanteau Quotes
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The cultural decoding that many American writers require has become an even harder task in the age of globalisation. The experience they describe has grown more private; its essential background, the busy larger world, has receded.
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I'm just really, really thankful. I'm thankful to the doctors; I'm thankful to the family that donated the kidney.
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The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think.
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Westerns are a type of picture which everybody can see and enjoy. Westerns always make money. And they always increase a star's fan following.
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We live surrounded by critics, so let them talk, let them criticize me as much as they want. Ultimately, that makes me a better player.
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Given a choice between Charlie Mingus and Eric Dolphy or Joe Strummer and Lou Reed, there was no choice. I like Reed and Strummer, but it's kiddie music.
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If you don't ponder the end of the world on a regular basis, I don't think you're really human.
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Heard in full sound, the Gospels tell about the establishment of a theocracy, and portray what theocracy looks like with Jesus as king.
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I think I'm much too earnest to be as cool as 'Boyd Crowder'.
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I have no ties to my dad. I had no communications with him; it didn't shape who I am or anything like that. I'm actually a product of my mom.
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You don't do things right once in a while. You do things right all the time.
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Museums are not normally presenting the works on the walls as provocations to work. It's more like going to a Jacuzzi.
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I used to be more of a wild kid. But I've slowed down.
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I like Jo Nesbo and Hakan Nesser. There are so many good books in the world. I don't want to spend time reading bad crime novels.
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I don't get sick of 'MMMBop' in any way shape or form, and I don't know why I would.
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I have made this one dish, a salted caramel chocolate ganache tart. It's so rich. You can only have a few bites!
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The real problem with the art world is not the money men scavenging in its wake - they've always been there - but the pirates who've taken over the ship. I am thinking, of course, of that awful art world species: the curator.
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Whatever's going on in my life shows up in the writing room.
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I do have friends who make movies, but for the most part, I never really wanted to feel like I was part of an industry.
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I love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I'd say, you got your PBS, your History Channel, your Discovery.
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If I'm in an uncomfortable situation, I think I can say something funny to defuse it. Sometimes you can't.
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My husband may have been in the military, but no one tells me which leader to follow.
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I've been in a Speedo half my life. So I am really comfortable with my body.
