Brother Roger (Roger Schütz) Quotes
You are the one who, every morning, slips on my finger the ring of the prodigal son, the ring of festival.
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If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.
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You've got to be taught to hate and fear.
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With the price of life these days, you've got to get everything for free you can.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't.
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If you're human, you've had phases in your life when things are in flux.
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Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
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When you write as a woman, there's this feeling there's going to be a softness.
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Experience is what you get while looking for something else.
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That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, so you don't have to worry about them.
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If you're not going to wear a tiara when you win a Newbery Award, when are you going to wear one?
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In the heptathlon, you can be any shape. Some of the girls are more built than others, and their strong events are the shot put and javelin.
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When you're an actor, you're mollycoddled, and you're treated with kid gloves. Everyone is like, 'Can I get you some water?' or 'Can I put on your slippers?'
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It's really kind of hard to be a suburb of nothing. If you don't have a downtown, you really don't have anything. It's hard to build a community around parking lots and subdivisions.
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When in doubt, you bring in relatives. Nepotism is a part of my work.
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Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.
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For kids, multitasking electronically is common. But they are totally focused. You can tell a good story, and they listen.
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You try not to become so emotionally attached to your character, but you do.
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Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions.
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For a North Korean watcher, seeing 'The Interview' is like seeing an earnest endeavor reflected back through a freak-show mirror.
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Every burned book enlightens the world.
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My only thrill is self inflicted hickies.
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You are the one who, every morning, slips on my finger the ring of the prodigal son, the ring of festival.
