Bright Light Bright Light (Rod Thomas) Quotes
I like being immersed in other peoples’ situations, I find that very inspiring. I don’t like to look inwards too much when I’m starting to think about records or different songs. I’m a keen observer. It’s endlessly fascinating.
Quotes to Explore
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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I don't know the right way to retire.
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You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
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I love sailing but hate cruise ships.
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Anything that I can do with Jennie Garth, I would love to do it. I really like her. I got along with her really well, and I enjoyed her perspective on life. I think she's really talented and very, very funny.
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I always try to live in the moment.
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You make a movie with some people, you become friends over the process of making this movie and then... you go your own way.
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Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren't in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life.
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I had phenomenal parents. They kept me very grounded, and I lived a normal life.
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Are we really so far from the Victorians? Much of what our society holds important was shaped in the 19th century.
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There will be times when you just can't seem to land an acting job, and you feel like giving up. Don't! The only way to realise that dream is to keep working hard for it.
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Why must everybody like you?
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There is a reality - so subtle that it becomes more real than reality. That's what I'm trying to get down in photography.
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My dad taught me how to fish. When I am stand in a trout stream now, and I have the waders on, and I've got a fly rod in my hand, or I am fishing for bass, I think of sitting in a boat with my dad. How can that be a bad experience?
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I feel I'm often misunderstood by critics. People project a lot or exaggerate the subjective fragility simply because it's frightening to them.
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I do believe in ghosts, or at least in some kind of persistent spiritual echoes of the past in certain places.
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I think 'destiny' is just a fancy word for a psychological pattern.
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I've never been traditional, and I hate conforming to anything.
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It's going to come to fists eventually.
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I toured a lot in the U.K. and Europe solo for a lack of funds, really. I left people I'd been playing with for years at home, just because I couldn't afford it.
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When the government takes more money out of the pockets of middle class Americans, entrepreneurs, and businesses, it lessens the available cash flow for people to spend on goods and services, less money to start businesses, and less money for businesses to expand - i.e. creating new jobs and hiring people.
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Living in the middle of beautiy like this, we've no call to have puny ideas about God. Why do you suppose His world is so fancy-fine, so full of wonderment if He doesn't want everything to be good and perfect and right and healthy? But we can spoil His good work. When we mess things up, then we shouldn't blame Him and try to make ourselves feel better by contending that it's what He wanted.
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I like being immersed in other peoples’ situations, I find that very inspiring. I don’t like to look inwards too much when I’m starting to think about records or different songs. I’m a keen observer. It’s endlessly fascinating.
