Lyle Lovett Quotes
Every crowd is different. But that's something that I enjoy, and you can feel it in the first few seconds when you walk out on stage. You know, how a crowd is.
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I think there is a real misconception about Indian food being super spicy. And I know that's because when you go into an Indian restaurant, it is pretty spicy. But it doesn't have to be. In fact, my husband can't handle a lot of heat. I've had to temper my cooking so that he can eat with me.
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But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.
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Because the show is popular, people do recognize us on the streets.
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I have gotten more flak for being a conservative Republican than I have for being trans.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.
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No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
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I think the reason they cast me as the good girls is because they couldn't find any in Hollywood.
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I realized after writing songs for years how important it is. Whether it provides a living for me or not, that creative outlet is something I need.
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You can't be preachy - kids are allergic to messages.
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I suspect I was not the first 21-year-old who thought he knew more than he did. And one of the virtues of age, one of the virtues of getting married and becoming a father, is it often leads one to take a more measured approach to life.
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Like all of my fictions, 'Sinner' is a mirror. Look into it and you will find yourself. What you do with what you see is your choice.
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'The Sisters Brothers' has endeared so many prize juries because the Western format has more of a broad appeal and is familiar to readers.
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But I have fun with the fright, work with it. You have to - that's your timing, that beat of excitement. And when I go on stage, it's just like taking a step into heaven. Poof, you know? Poof - and there I am.
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Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.
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People often say that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves.
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According to Celtic law, all sons equally divided the inheritance and principalities of their father.
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Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never saw the place. I wrote about Chicago after looking the town over for years and years.
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I'm not trying to be something that I'm not, and I think a lot of people can relate to that. They want something that's real, and I think I give that to them.
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Of course the French are making very credible movies and it is still one of the greatest nations in terms of world cinema but the real problem is the decay in film criticism.
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There is no such thing as too much swearing. Swearing is just a piece of linguistic mechanics. The words in-between are the clever ones.
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I've been doing this since I was 10 years old, inhabiting different people and playing different roles.
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My job is to play many different roles with all sorts of different backgrounds and orientations.
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Every crowd is different. But that's something that I enjoy, and you can feel it in the first few seconds when you walk out on stage. You know, how a crowd is.
