Devendra Banhart (Devendra Obi Banhart) Quotes
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I would enjoy having dinner with the poet/playwright Derek Walcott.
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I'll tell you, I never thought I'd ever be going into law, and certainly not the same kind of law as my dad.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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I wish I had come along when the studios were making those big musical pictures. It would be great to do re-makes of some of the old ones like 'Porgy and Bess' or 'Showboat.' I'd love to do 'em.
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The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.
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I like to tread uncharted territory and push myself in terms of performance.
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We all wanted to copy Vivien Leigh.
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When I board an airplane these days, all the middle-aged men are dressed like me - when I was an 8-year-old. They're in shorts and T-shirts. And it's not just on airplanes. It's in business offices, teachers' lounges, and churches.
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The two major challenges for the 21st century are to improve the economic situation of the majority and save as much of the planet as we can.
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Mediaeval mythology, rich and gorgeous, is a compound like Corinthian brass, into which many pure ores have been fused, or it is a full turbid river drawn from numerous feeders, which had their sources in remote climes.
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South Dakota is a great state because of its values, not because of dependence on government.
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It's fun to present stories that have a character that, really, everybody wants to be.
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There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.
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For the professional writer, stories must be presented as a series of individual scenes, each one dramatized with dialogue and telling descriptions of who is present and what they're all doing.
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I love inventing names, but I also collect unusual names, so that I can look through my notebook and choose one that suits a new character.
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From my own kind I only learnHow foolish comfort is
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Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.
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Life is the movie you see through your own eyes. It makes little difference what's happening out there. It's how you take it that counts.
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I don't trust Santa Barbara as far as I can spit. I am afraid that if I went back there, it's possible that I could be run through their system, their judicial system, and wind up in some county jail where I could be killed and I'm not gonna take that chance.
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The complexity of the emotional life of the play is what you live to work on.
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I'm just looking for projects I enjoy.
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It only takes one profound experience to change somebody's life.