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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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I always like to do the things that I think are right. I am not trying to be a model, I am trying to be myself and do the right things. If what I am doing is a model, or is an example, is the right example, I am very happy, but I don't pretend that.
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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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American culture is not about experiencing our shame, it's about denying it. It's been that way our whole history.
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My philosophy has always been that I hope I have a good enough day to give me another one, I hope that I have a good enough year to give me another year. I know that's cliched, but it's the truth in how I approach my career.
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I'm more obsessed with the idea of vacation than any one particular vacation spot. I love to explore new places and cultures.
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If you could literally 'rid' yourself of your problems by voicing them, I'd be all for it. But since that isn't so, why not reserve the spoken word for functional interactions and witticisms, if not declarations of love?
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As a solo artist, it's so easy to be lumped into a singer / songwriter genre and writing sleepy, sad songs that are very emotionally rich that mean a lot to you, and people just get kind of tired.
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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.
