Tao Okamoto Quotes
I was chosen for 'Wolverine' because there weren't any other Japanese actresses available who could speak English. With 'Batman v Superman' and 'Hannibal,' I got the roles as a result of previous work I'd done, not just because of my nationality.Tao Okamoto
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I think, living in the city, it's so easy to forget that you're attached to the earth.
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For me, songwriting starts with a melody. When a musician plays a chord progression, either the words and vocal melody come to me, or they don't. That's how I determine who to write with. It works, or it doesn't.
Rain Phoenix -
When my lady and I sit down and watch TV, I find she gets annoyed at characters because they don't do what she would do in the situation. I'm always like, 'Well, she has to do that because that's what the story is.'
Dallas Roberts -
I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.
Barbra Streisand -
France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin quirkiness.
Xavier Niel -
Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.
Yair Lapid
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Of all Iraq's rocket scientists, none drew warier scrutiny abroad than Modher Sadeq-Saba Tamimi.
Barton Gellman -
Mostly, I don't write overtly personal stuff.
Randy Newman -
All working parents should have paid family leave. That's one of many reasons I'm working to elect Hillary Clinton. She has a plan to guarantee workers - men and women - up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to care for a new child or a seriously ill family member.
Randi Weingarten -
Actors are just soldiers who follow commands.
Om Puri -
The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
Ovid -
Vatican II was a force that seized the mind of the Roman Catholic Church and carried it across centuries from the 13th to the 20th.
Lance Morrow
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You know the greatest thing about working on 'Fallon?' I get so many anonymous gifts.
Questlove -
Those who go along get along.
Sam Snead -
I only started playing piano because I had chickenpox when I was about 14 and wasn't allowed to play my drums for a whole week... We had a piano in the house, so I just sat down and played that instead.
Taylor Hawkins Foo Fighters -
I had to get out of America to get a professional life going where I could actually make a living.
Harold Budd -
Patients who trust their doctors and have a psychological expectation of getting better could trigger a reaction in their body.
Irving Kirsch -
Violence is the first refuge of the violent.
Aaron Allston
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It's always performing for me. I write and I record so I can perform. It all ties to that. I've done it since I was a little kid. That's my absolute rush, is playing for different people every night, bringing something else to the table they've never seen.
Gary Allan -
Who's your daddy? Who's your baby?Who's your buddy? Who's your friend?And who's the one guy that you come runnin' toWhen your lovelife starts tumblin'?I got the money if you got the honeyLet's cut a deal, let's make a planWho's your daddy? Who's your baby?Who's your buddy? Who's your man?
Toby Keith -
Merlin is the unsung hero who is often responsible for things turning out positively, but rarely gets credit for that.
Colin Morgan -
They have a kind of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby thing going on.
Christopher Walken -
I was chosen for 'Wolverine' because there weren't any other Japanese actresses available who could speak English. With 'Batman v Superman' and 'Hannibal,' I got the roles as a result of previous work I'd done, not just because of my nationality.
Tao Okamoto