Wreckless Eric (Eric Goulden) Quotes
I could quite settle back in to this touring lark. I'd forgotten for a moment how dumb and vaguely repetitious it can be. And surprisingly fun at times. Richmond VA tonight and tomorrow I think it's Charlotte NC but I might have to check on that before I end up in the wrong city.

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I'm over the word 'like' in conversation, and 'you know' seems to be the placeholder of choice, but when I'm writing dialogue, I tend to use those phrases because that's how people talk.
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The thing about motor neuron disease, once a muscle stops working, it doesn't start again.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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Unrequited affection is very painful for the lover, but it can have unexpected, creative consequences.
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My problem was my inability to spend much time at home. I thought my family was secure, so I went running around everyplace else. I guess I had more of an effect on other people's kids than I did my own.
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Hairdressers are a wonderful breed. You work one-on-one with another human being and the object is to make them feel so much better and to look at themselves with a twinkle in their eye.
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A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.
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I went to Howard University and majored in Film Production and minored in Acting. I turned down an opportunity to go pro in Track & Field to do this - I took a chance with this.
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Typically, if you buy a studio with a library, their library is pretty well licensed out many years in advance, so you are not really gaining access to the programming in that way.
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I think we've shot scenes from every angle directors can think of to make it look like different villages. I've directed a couple shows on that set and believe me, it's impossible not to duplicate some camera angles.
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The good books stick around for a reason. There is a reason that we come back to them and they are so rewarding.
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Photography, painting or poetry – those are just extensions of me, how I perceive things; they are my way of communicating.
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My siblings and I, we were raised on TV and films. Not a day went by that we weren't watching one of three movies - 'Caddyshack,' 'Animal House,' 'Beverly Hills Cop' - on rotation. Our comedy, our personalities were set watching 'Sesame Street': these really sort of wacky, Jim Henson-y characters.
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I have great respect for Jaypee Greens as a company that has produced a truly world class, 24-carat, championship golf course. I am happy to be associated with a company with such outstanding qualities.
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Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.
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When you develop a reputation for being responsive and generous, an ever-expanding mountain of requests will come your way.
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I was a tomboy right from the time I was a kid and loved to be like that. I'd hate all the girlie things. Well my best friends as a kid have been boys. I get along best with the opposite sex. I guess that's the case with most people though!
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I was raised vegan. My mom would always make quinoa with squash and kale, hippie stuff like that. Now I eat meat, but I try to be conscious about where it's coming from.
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The words of the world want to make sentences.
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After attending The Dalton School and then Vassar College, I began cooking in New York City restaurants helmed by Anne Rosenzweig, Joachim Splichal and Thomas Keller.
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It had a profound impact on me as a human being, and I did a lot of growing within that, so that will always be a defining moment in my life, a defining time.
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There's an awful lot to be desired. I've gone to places where people say to me, "What's your technique?" Technique? What the hell technique is there to acting? We're acting because even with my voice I'm giving what I think is what I want to say.
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Raising the minimum wage is the right thing to do, but it's a popular thing to do as well.
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I could quite settle back in to this touring lark. I'd forgotten for a moment how dumb and vaguely repetitious it can be. And surprisingly fun at times. Richmond VA tonight and tomorrow I think it's Charlotte NC but I might have to check on that before I end up in the wrong city.