Pat Metheny Quotes
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I think I was lucky I got into art college. That's what saved me.
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I think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that feeds every community.
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Until you've been to Cannes, it's hard to describe to someone the magnitude of that festival.
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I was very lucky when I started doing comedy because I hadn't seen much stand-up. I just got up on stage and did it without thinking.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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Power focuses on self-preservation; principle focuses on making ideas successful.
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I think the key for any kind of artist - and this transcends music - is a certain degree of authenticity and sincerity.
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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If we meet an honest and intelligent politician, a dozen, a hundred, we say they aren't like politicians at all, and our category of politicians stays unchanged; we know what politicians are like.
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I don't want people to think of me as sexy.
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I recently read an article on how I was dropped from a film because I couldn't dance! It was so ridiculous that I decided to shut up about it. Let people say what they want to. It's such a waste of time.
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A lot of times characters are combinations of people I come across in life. I people-watch a lot.
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There's nothing like taking two flights when you have a horrible hangover. It's bad when people can see actual alcohol seeping out of your disgusting pores.
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I was always taken in and out of school.
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The biggest public mistake I ever made was that I chose to do 'Criminal Minds' in the first place.
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God made them as stubble to our swords.
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What is our greatest enemy? Segregation.
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I met Bon Jovi on the way to Washington, D.C. I think I called him Jon Jovi. Ugghhhh. I just smiled and pretended it didn't happen. I love him and his wife; they're so sweet. I was very nervous.
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The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot.
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It's very difficult for my body to recover after workouts now that I'm older, so we have to keep them short, which means they're extremely difficult and intense. It sucks.
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If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row on row, to be built into a solid house, where one might dwell in safety and peace, but only food for the fires of the heart.
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To me, serving wasn't uncommon, and my service paled in comparison to so many of my friends who had done so much more. In my world - as a citizen soldier - I was surrounded by other soldiers just doing their jobs.
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I had a feeling about directing Cocoon II: The Return. At first I wasn't too interested because it was a sequel. Then I read the script and was excited by the relationships and its mystic quality.
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I'm always inspired when there's a robustness to the material in front of me.
