Barney Frank Quotes
But on those occasions when I do strongly disagree with the Democrats and I don't say anything, I think I forfeit my right to have people pay attention to me when I say the things that I don't like about what Republicans are saying.
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Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited.
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Turn your attention for a while away from the worries and anxieties. Remind yourself of all your many blessings.
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To have a songwriter that wrote so specifically what I felt to be true... I've never been much of an actor either. If something is real for me, then I can do it.
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I guess you could say it's always been my destiny to be a performer.
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I get a lot of influence from pro wrestling. People are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy wins or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're watching.
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Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.
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We tend in this country to talk about Democrats and Republicans, and think there's little group over there called Independents that's maybe 2%. That is not the case, and it has not been the case for most of modern American history.
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Gov. Perry has led the way in Texas on creating an environment for job growth.
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I don't really approach stories to make them different from other stuff I've seen, I just try to get into the character, into his or her head. Try to make it as funny, as scary or as wild as I can so that I really like it.
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I definitely want people to laugh because I don't think there's a better feeling - I think it's just so fabulous to laugh. I don't mind if people think, either. I think the brain is a very sexy organ.
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The majority of the time, they take air out of the football. I think that, for me, is a disadvantage.
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It's quite absurd to act against a smoke creature that is not there.
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Booksellers are the bartenders of the reading world. People share thoughts and interests they keep private from others in their lives.
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I love art so much because of curiosity. At the start of a painting, I know 10 percent of what the painting will be, and then I have to improvise the whole thing.
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A girl's best friend is her pride.
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If I don't eat something after I work out, I get shaky and cranky - not a good combination when you're a television host.
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Although I performed in high school, my first real experience with theater was performing with a student-run organization at Vanderbilt University called The Original Cast where I learned that I loved performing and especially loved theater people.
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As a young teenager I looked desperately for things to read that might excuse me or assure me I wasn't the only one, that might confirm an identity I was unhappily piecing together.
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Yes, my mom does keep making references to marriage, like all mothers do, but it's only in a lighter mood... she just jokes.
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We went back, afterward, after the show was over that night, I took my kids backstage and said, 'You know what? I know my dad's songs...'
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I would leave school every day and walk to my grandparents' house under the El because everyone worked. I was 6 and walking home alone from school. It was a different city and a different time.
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We are still struggling with people who don't feel comfortable going into museums. As a visual artist I ask how artists can be part of enacting a change.
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I stand to learn more working as an actor with really talented people than I do by directing a feature.
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But on those occasions when I do strongly disagree with the Democrats and I don't say anything, I think I forfeit my right to have people pay attention to me when I say the things that I don't like about what Republicans are saying.
