Leon Bridges (Todd Michael Bridges) Quotes
My mom was very religious. She might have let me buy records, but I assumed that she wouldn't.
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I'm not sure if being known opened or closed doors for me.
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During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone.
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Look what venison does to a goofy guitar player from Detroit? I'm going to be 54 this year and if I had any more energy I'd scare you.
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It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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There is still a funny notion that women should not write violent fiction.
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Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever regain independence and freedom.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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People on television have trouble with fame because audiences think they're their mates.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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Everybody, no matter what vocation they're looking at, should add music as an essential to their curriculum. Music can be a very important part of your soul and your growth as a human being. It's so powerful.
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I want to be different and have a good story. If it's a good story, then everybody is trying to tell it, everybody is better for it, and it's just more fun.
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It's always good to play tennis with a better player to bring out the best in you.
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I grew up in Arizona, but I moved to L.A. when I was 18 to model. I was doing work for American Apparel and then got cast in the Yeezus tour. Vanessa Beecroft did the creative direction, and they hired three American Apparel models and nine dancers - it wasn't a lot of dancing; we were mostly just walking.
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Usually I like to have them, but going drum-less pushes everything in a new direction and makes it easier to keep things sounding different.
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We are all human beings, and our nationality is simply an accident of birth.
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The moment one accosts a stranger or is accosted by him is above all in this life the moment of drama... Whoever we meet watches us intently at the quick, strange moment of meeting, to see whether we are disposed to be friendly.
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At times as a performer they segregated us in some of theatres.
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I have really been disillusioned with soccer in England.
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Aristotle said that some people were only fit to be slaves. I do not contradict him. But I reject slavery because I see no men fit to be masters.
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I was the youngest in my family. When the other kids went to school, my mother would make them breakfast and then she would go back to bed for an hour, so I was sort of babysat by television.
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We have a couple of rules in our relationship. The first rule is that I make her feel like she's getting everything. The second rule is that I actually do let her have her way in everything. And, so far, it's working.
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Not to say that you shouldn't strive for success, but don't forget why you're doing it. It's not just for adoration.
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My mom was very religious. She might have let me buy records, but I assumed that she wouldn't.
