John Prine Quotes
The only reason I figured out I didn't like my old records to listen was I could hear how nervous I was and how uncomfortable I was. And who would want to sit around and listen to yourself being uncomfortable?
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Basquiat will continue to show us new things about who we are and why he was so important.
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No one likes to be criticized, of course, but if the things we successfully strive for do not make our future selves happy, or if the things we unsuccessfully avoid do, then it seems reasonable (if somewhat ungracious) for them to cast a disparaging glance backward and wonder what the hell we were thinking.
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Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.
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I'm not just a normal guy. I'm a gymnast.
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You can over-think things. If the script's good, everything you need is in there. I just try and feel it and do it honestly. I also don't learn things for auditions, because I feel like it's just a test of memorising rather than being real.
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I'm an actor, paid to act. I don't bring personal problems to the sets. Dad taught me that.
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A feeling for history is almost an essential for writing and appreciating good science fiction, for sensing the connections between the past and future that run through our present.
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I can't imagine that I would have been cast in the role, without Jamie Lee giving me a thumbs up.
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In America, we have the feeling of the doomed young artist. Fitzgerald was the great example of that.
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Have you noticed how most directors are either bald or grey-haired?
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I don't think of myself as being disabled, or able-bodied.
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The noble gases, which reside on the East Coast of the periodic table, are its aristocrats - detached and aloof, never bothering to interact with the rabble of common elements that make up the vast majority of the world.
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Win pretty, win ugly, just win.
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Henceforward I am the truth's. Be it known unto you that henceforward I obey no law less than the eternal law. I will have no covenants but proximities.
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Competing in my first Olympics in the country where my parents came from is pretty insane. I'm feeling nothing but excitement.
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The impact we have on people's lives, to me, is more important than any title anyone can carry.
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They say my public persona don't have enough appeal, I take a lesson from Kanye and give 'em something real.
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With a book he was regardless of time.
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No actor wants to be typecast, so you always want to make good, careful choices.
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The devil is a cross between a really good used-car salesman and a game-show host, but with a lot more style and charm.There's a little Cary Grant thrown in there too.
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Those who start war often know that because of their high political position their own lives will not be in danger on the Diane Rehm Show.
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I always believe that the elders in my family are the reason for my success.
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The only reason I figured out I didn't like my old records to listen was I could hear how nervous I was and how uncomfortable I was. And who would want to sit around and listen to yourself being uncomfortable?
