Vic Tayback Quotes
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I actually had a really nice guitar as a teenager. I took jazz guitar, so my mom bought me this probably $1,600 guitar. But I got really into garage rock and local bands, and I noticed they played really crappy guitars. So I thought, 'Hey, I should get a crappy guitar, too!'
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If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.
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Dramas make me laugh. The other day, I saw 'The Place Beyond the Pines,' and I was giggling the whole time. I laugh when I'm uncomfortable.
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When I was around 12, my heroes were Cindy Sherman and Bob Dylan and Samuel Westing from the kids' novel 'The Westing Game'.
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The legacy of the fairy story in my brain is that everything will work out. In fiction it would be very hard for me, as a writer, to give a bad ending to a good character, or give a good ending to a bad character. That's probably not a very postmodern thing to say.
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Both sides were supposed to release all their prisoners, those were unconditional. There was some prisoner release that took place but it's not been satisfactory.
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Finding out I was pregnant was one of the most joyous moments in my life. I will never forget it.
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It is not true that I dictate what should be done. There is a dialogue.
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Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously.
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I came here to tell you the truth, the good, the bad and the ugly.
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One of the great upsides to a national book tour is the chance to break out of television's cocoon and interact directly with the American people.
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With regard to North Korea, between myself and President Obama earlier, with regard to the so-called launch of satellite, the missile launch, we shared the view that it undermines the efforts of the various countries concerned to achieve the resolution through dialogue.
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Americans should be wary of the Muslim Brothers in Egypt but not scared of them.
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I read fashion magazines all the time. It's fun, but I don't take it very seriously.
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Your connections to all the things around you literally define who you are.
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I envy those who can wear red lipstick or any bold lip colour, really. My top lip just doesn't seem to take colour - there's nothing I can do to change that, so I usually just use a nude on the bottom lip.
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You can really taste the difference between a shop-bought and a good homemade mayo.
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I live with my mum and my nan. I think I will leave eventually, but not at the moment when they look after me so well. If you came to my house, they'd make you eat something.
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You're never a loser until you quit trying.
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Bigotry is probably the thing I detest most.
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I have no other balm to sweeten the bitterness of a harsh and melancholy life than the satisfaction given by the conviction of having always done what I believed to be my duty. God grant that I can say the same at the hour of my death.
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I'm working on a project called Lemons, produced by Killer Films. The director has a great perspective on character development.
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I tell young actors to do anything that will sustain them.
