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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You CAN have it all. You just can't have it all at once.
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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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You know once you get in the business you know what you're getting into.
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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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People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier.
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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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You have to tease your family. You tease the ones that you're closest to.
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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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I was a good kid, but I was just very chatty. Teachers were rarely entertained, but occasionally a child was, which was enough for me. Everything was so urgent. I needed to say it immediately.
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My mother was a reporter, and though she quit when they had kids, she still loved it. She told me about the people at the paper and the articles she wrote. She had the best memory of anyone I know, and she could really tell a tale.
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Too caustic? To hell with the costs, we'll make the picture anyway.
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I am a big Pink Floyd fan. That is where a lot of the concept lyrics come from.
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John Carpenter was very gentle. He was very tender. He really liked talking to actors. He really wanted you to be comfortable. He waited until you were ready to do the scene, and he has a lot of confidence.
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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.
