Pat Metheny Quotes
I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level.
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I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
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Everyone can do a character the way they want to do it, unless the director tells them not to, which isn't very common. I like to do my characters, if it's not specific in the script, as myself.
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I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.
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My husband and I click wedding rings sometimes and say, 'By the power of the Castle of Greyskull!'
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My work was entirely nonfiction.
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I always carry lip balm and lipstick. Lipstick is a very important beauty product because I find that lips are the most beautiful feature of anyone's face.
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There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
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Women I admired growing up - Debra Winger, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep - were all beautiful and thin, but not too thin. There are a lot of actresses who are unhealthy-skinny - much, much too skinny. You can't Pilates to that.
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My first introduction to television, and really just the business in general, was working with David Lynch, with his incredibly open, creative mind that was not following any rules. I didn't know it, because I hadn't been in the business.
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I drink tons of water. It always sounds like the lamest thing, but there's a reason you keep hearing this over and over again. It really works.
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All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and untroubled pleasure lie in knowledge of God and love of God; they cannot exist without them.
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I prefer to believe it's my responsibility if a film of mine works or doesn't work.
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When I was a kid, I didn't know how I got into acting.
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People still kill in the name of religion. We haven't evolved to the point where we're one tribe called humans.
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Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions.
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Protesters should make their own media and not rely on mainstream media to cover them.
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There are millions of people who consume music illegally every month. Just getting them into a legal service will make the music industry way bigger than it's ever been before.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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The Christian who desires to follow Jesus carrying his cross must bear in mind that the name "Christian" means "learner or imitator of Christ" and that if he wishes to bear that noble title worthily he must above all do as Christ charges us in the Gospel: We must oppose or deny ourselves, take up the cross, and follow him.
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I could never let the teacher down. I always worked hard, too scared to get in trouble.
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I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.
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Being ready isn't enough; you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change.
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Microsoft has changed the way people think about computers.
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I think jazz is actually quite unforgiving in its disdain for nostalgia. It demands creativity and change at its highest level.
