T Bone Burnett Quotes
I don't hear any of the popular stuff unless it's good 'cause I pay no attention to popular culture, at all.
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While we somehow understand revenge on an intuitive level between individuals, I do suspect that companies, assuming that people are rational, completely miss and underestimate the motivation people have for revenge.
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Carelessness makes me cross. And unkindness.
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The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy desire for knowledge.
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I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.
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As an actor, the first thing you're taught is, 'Don't look into the camera; ignore it.'
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On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty - on the other, they warn us against their own methods.
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The Chinese are really good at diplomacy - and even at making their interlocutors feel very uncomfortable.
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We are in a far better position to observe instincts in animals or in primitives than in ourselves. This is due to the fact that we have grown accustomed to scrutinizing our own actions and to seeking rational explanations for them.
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A lot of things come with fame, whether it's losing friends or losing family.
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Theatre is how I first encountered art on any level.
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I'm a dork!
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Barack Obama's victories in 2008 and 2012 were dismissed by some of his critics as merely symbolic for African Americans. But there is nothing 'mere' about symbols.
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Aside from 'Hatchet II' and 'Hatchet III,' I've never repeated myself. I try to keep doing things that are totally different.
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My music, certainly, has never embarrassed me.
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You don't realize how much you use your credit card not even to buy things. It's a card you get so you can navigate society.
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There are competing studies on how much crime drops or doesn't drop when there are strict rules on gun possession and sale. I don't think there's any question that New York City's very tough laws have reduced violence.
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I didn't really enjoy school in general.
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You get to the point where you're like, 'I'm just doing me, and if people don't like it, then it is what it is.'
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At the lodge the chief gave me many particulars which were relative to the late visit of the Spaniards.
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I know without our fans and the devotion of our fans we wouldn't be here. I don't mean to put them down, but I'm just stating a fact that it is hard to play to people that see you all the time and it takes a lot of fun out of it in some ways.
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I suppose, counting back, if the Beatles had been influenced by music in the same length of time ago - you'd have to put that into better English for me, thank you - they would have been like a banjo orchestra. They would have been doing show tunes.
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Not many shows bring fans and artists together, and 'Rock Dinner' is one of the few shows that does it. Every opportunity I get to get closer to one of my fans - and get to know them and talk to them - I'm always going to take that opportunity with arms wide open and make it a priority.
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I like doing my makeup myself! It's a hobby of mine. I like to play around. I've learned all the best tricks from the pros!
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I don't hear any of the popular stuff unless it's good 'cause I pay no attention to popular culture, at all.
