Burton J. Hendrick Quotes
The dissenting opinions of one generation become the prevailing interpretation of the next.
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I didn't dictate sections of 'Visions of Cody'. I typed up a segment of taped conversation with Neal Cassady, or Cody, talking about his early adventures in L.A. It's four chapters.
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A really irritating thing when you're watching a film is if somebody's accent isn't bang-on - it distracts you from getting into the story because you're thinking: 'Where are they from?'
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I'm just saying if you want to reach large audiences, then rely on professionals, meaning people who are in the industry and are trained for it, rather than just idiot savants.
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My favorite thing about being famous... it's not really as big of a deal as everybody says it is. Being on the road is tough, doing interviews, and all the stuff. It's still pretty tough.
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We continue to blame the poor for their own condition. They are lazy. We do not want to know that the poorest of the poor are toddlers under three years of age.
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As far back as I can remember though, I always loved performing.
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The Sunday School teacher talked too much in the way our grade school teacher used to when she told us about George Washington. Pleasant, pretty stories, but not true.
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We use the same possessive pronouns for everything, but do we own our lives or sisters or husbands in the same way we own our shoes? Do we own any of them at all?
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It's a funny thing: people often ask how I discipline myself to write. I can't begin to understand the question. For me, the discipline is turning off the computer and leaving my desk to do something else.
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To be filled with God is a great thing, to be filled with the fullness of God is still greater; to be filled with all the fullness of God is greatest of all.
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When Ignatius understood that God did not wish him to remain at Jerusalem, he began to consider what he should do. The plan he approved and adopted was to enter upon a course of study in order to be better fitted to save souls.
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I want to try doing sportier things, kite surfing and paddle surfing - I think it would give me that extra confidence.
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But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.
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I've spent the past month in Washington, D.C., and it is terrific to be back in America.
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If you're playing the bad guy, you have to find what you like about them.
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Have you ever wondered why young people take to music like fish to water? Maybe it's because music is fun. Plan and simple. It opens up their minds to dream great dreams about where they can go and what they can do when they get older.
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My state has the highest child poverty rate in all of New England, above the national average.
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I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you have caused your own.
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Some missionaries bound for Africa were laughed at by the boat captain. 'You'll only die over there,' he said. But a missionary replied, 'Captain, we died before we started.'
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If you measure your happiness by the amount of liquid you have in your glass, you are either a cliché or an alcoholic.
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I don't like people who take drugs... Customs men for example.
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The dissenting opinions of one generation become the prevailing interpretation of the next.
