T Bone Burnett Quotes
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Sometimes I try a Mai Tai. It's so fruity. It's a little embarrassing, but I like it.
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How can you tell your kid, 'You can be anything you want to be,' if you're not trying to do the same?
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I still do commercial work as an actor, which I love, because it's very quick, and it definitely pays my bills.
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The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.
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In 15 years we'll have all the sequence, a list of the genes everyone has in common and those that differ among people. We know only something like a tenth of 1 percent of the sequence at the moment.
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Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a serious crime with stiff penalties, making it illegal for all stalkers and all domestic abusers to buy guns, and expanding mental health resources so the mentally ill find it easier to receive treatment than to buy firearms.
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Team members have to hold each other accountable. If there's a meeting, all members have to commit to be present and to help one another; they can't just check out when they feel they're not getting any benefits.
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Growing up, you tended to just go through school to get out, then figure out what you want to do in this big ball of mud.
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I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him.
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Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery.
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If the Soviet Union and the United States have not experienced direct military confrontations, on the other hand, they supported, armed and trained Africans, to fight other Africans.
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Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.
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I still use the guitar pretty much just to hide my gut.
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The striking thing about the Precious Blood is the bond it establishes between love and suffering in our experience, a bond that has become so close that we have come to think of suffering accepted with joy as the most authentic sign of love with any depth at all.
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I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.
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I am not an oligarch. I am a servant and I try to align my interests and those of my investors.
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Everybody just told me from the day I went into high school that I looked like Carol Burnett.
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I am convinced that only by applying the values of an entrepreneur to philanthropy will you ever be able to meet the needs of the greatest number of people.
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I need to stop carving out four-hour chunks to do random things and go home and watch my children grow up.
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I had no idea that 'Less Than Zero' was going to be read by anyone outside of Los Angeles, and it's - believe me, as the writer of the book I'm somewhat amused and intrigued by the idea that 25 years later it's still out and people are still reading it.
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I don't like people who don't have opinions.
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It's O.K. to fail. Just keep putting yourself there. Once I started saying that and really believing that, over time, it just gradually gave me confidence.
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Japan needs to cooperate with China economically. This is understood better by the business community than the government.
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I want to write songs and play them for people - live.
