Derrick Bostrom Quotes
The Puppets continue to improvise during their shows, but it's a very different sort from back in the old days.
Quotes to Explore
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We rarely grow when we're happy, we grow when we hurt.
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All men are born equally free.
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The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal in domestic affairs, specifically in the matter of revolution.
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I am not an academic who happens to have written a novel. I am a novelist who happens to be quite good academically.
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I'm not in charge of judgments in Iran. The judicial system in Iran is an independent body of its own, and it follows the laws, and it must operate according to the law.
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Death by hanging...I deserved it and I expected it, as I've always told you. I am glad that I have had the chance to defend myself and to think things over in the last few months.
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I think there's always pieces of yourself that bleed into your character. That's inevitable.
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For me, there is no hope without faith. Faith is a higher good. Faith in our divinity.
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All roads lead to another road for renegades, rebels, and rogues.
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When I finally make up my mind that I want to do something, it's never been hard for me to do.
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Advertising design, in persuading people to buy things they don`t need, with money they don`t have, in order to impress others who don`t care, is probably the phoniest field in existence today.
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The tsar [Nicholas II] is not treacherous but he is weak. Weakness is not treachery, but it fulfils all its functions.
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I don't think it's that serious. If I feel good tomorrow and I feel like I'm not going to jeopardize missing games or hurt the team, I'll play. Otherwise, I'll sit down.
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Piano playing is more difficult than statesmanship. It is harder to awake emotions in ivory keys than it is in human beings.
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Somebody once said to me 'You're turning into a mini-George with your little pranks'.
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Great teachers are usually a little crazy.
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No one, Eleanor Roosevelt said, can make you feel inferior without your consent. Never give it.
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He walked into a room and everything stopped. Elvis was just so physically beautiful that even if he didn't have any talent... just his face, just his presence. And he was funny, charming, and complicated, but he didn't wear it on his sleeve. You didn't see that he was complicated. You saw great needs.
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If you're 22 years old and you can't believe you're even in the position to have a career making music, the first thing you're going to think is: Maintain. Don't lose it. And that's precisely what causes you to lose everything.
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It's important for people to listen and take time to watch what's going on in these shows, especially the ones like 'Top Boy' that are painting an accurate picture.
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The Puppets continue to improvise during their shows, but it's a very different sort from back in the old days.
