Burton Silverman Quotes
I love the fact that there are more and more young people out there who still want to make a flat two-dimensional surface come alive with three dimensional magic.
Quotes to Explore
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The perfect normal person is rare in our civilization.
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I was with the Jessie Bonstelle Stock Company in Detroit and Buffalo for three seasons - 10 performances and a new play every week. She was an amazing woman who did a great deal for me.
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My degree was in theater administration. So I can sell the hell out of a ticket at the box office.
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I never thought I was going to leave the trap. I even told my mother, 'I'm gonna be the trap God.'
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There are some screw-ups headed your way. I wish I could tell you that there was a trick to avoiding the screw-ups... but they're coming for ya. It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.
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We're not thought of in terms of color because we are entertainers. We are there to entertain you not because we are black, white, pink, or green or gay or straight or because we are Catholic or Protestant.
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I'd love to have kids, but not at the moment.
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As a doctor, I will take it and make it my mission to heal the nation, reverse the course of Obamacare, and repeal every last bit of it.
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Nothing that has happened has made me feel gloomy or remain depressed. I love my life.
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My God, I have almost never believed in you, and yet I have always loved you.
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People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised.
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In my mind, I am extraordinarily handy. But what that means is when I attempt to fix something, there's usually a five-minute period of experimentation, followed by a five-minute period of frustration, followed by a frantic phone call to a professional.
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We many times sell ourselves short, not only in relationships but throughout our own lives. Hopefully, we come around at some point and realize our own value.
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True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.
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I have a visual sense for the music. It has to stay true to a certain sense of period. I rely on a sense of colors and mood in my approach to the arrangement.
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You get so close, a lot of close calls, and then it just doesn't happen. That's just the way the industry is. It's very difficult.
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I wanted to tell a dream-come-true story about going from a closeted gay kid who loved pop culture to an out adult man making pop culture. I went from being told when I was 21 that I should never go on TV because of my crossed eyes to winding up being a 'Housewives' whisperer and talk-show host.
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Don't regret your mistakes. You'll always make mistakes. The better you are, the less mistakes you make. The only way to get better is to thoroughly analyze your mistakes.
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Is a newspaper prints a sex crime, it's smut, but when The New York Times prints it, it's a sociological study.
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If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive.
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If you are not breaking rules and you are not taking risks, you are not going to end up with movies where there is discovery... and, to me, that is the magic of going into the cinema.
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The man who has his millions will want everything he can lay his hands on and then raise his voice against the poor devil who wants ten cents more a day.
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And if the worst, or best, happens, and Death comes for you in the snow, he comes disguised as Sleep, and you greet him rather as a welcome friend than a gruesome foe.
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I love the fact that there are more and more young people out there who still want to make a flat two-dimensional surface come alive with three dimensional magic.
