T Bone Burnett Quotes
I'm not going to get in to an argument with anyone about the relative merits of Judaism and Christianity, and what it means for a Jewish kid to be a Christian - I'm just not interested in that argument.
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
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I feel like if I live the Christian life, then the people should be able to see it in my everyday actions.
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My family background was deeply Christian.
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I don't have a type. I don't have a specific kind of human being. It's just kind of an X-factor of sorts. Everybody I've ever dated has been a case-by-case situation.
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For me, opposition is just another opposition.
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I'm a Christian, and I'm not judgmental towards anyone. I think that's really important.
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I wanted very much to be Miles Davis when I was a boy, but without the practice. It just looked like an endless road.
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If I ever feel that acting is just soul-sucking and I don't want to do it anymore, I could stop.
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Whatever happens in life is fine - just trust in that.
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You don't despair about something like the Middle East, you just do the best you can.
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I don't have anyone's number; I just Facebook them.
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My main motivation is not to get bored. I'm just hoping I get a vaguely maverick reputation.
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You are just your intelligence.
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I'm just a kid from Bronx who got lucky.
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It's all about connectivity - not just technical connectivity but geographic connectivity. That's what makes a city go.
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Nevertheless, this one fact should be apparent: turning the other cheek is a bribe. It is a valid form of action for only so long as the Christian is impotent politically or militarily.
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I'm not making films just to be bold.
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I guess I was just meant to be a secretary who doesn't take shorthand. I'm a lousy typist, too - 33 words a minute.
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Of our thinking it is but the upper surface that we shape into articulate thought; underneath the region of argument and conscious discourse lies the region of meditation.
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Anything you can do to get more people to come to your live shows is good, because that's where you can really do what you do. Everyone's on the same page, and you don't have to win strangers over as much.
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Love life and life will love you back. Love people and they will love you back.
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Question: How much do you have to invest in the future before you've spent it and no longer have one?
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I can write pretty much anywhere if you give me time and some quiet. The home is not usually the best place because I have four children. It's usually pandemonium around here!
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I'm not going to get in to an argument with anyone about the relative merits of Judaism and Christianity, and what it means for a Jewish kid to be a Christian - I'm just not interested in that argument.
