Archie Shepp Quotes
I find that here in the States, audiences are generally less knowledgeable, from the cognitive point of view, though they are emotionally more receptive.
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It is exciting to write about the present once one gets beyond the trivia of the moment. As a time to live in, as a time to think about, the present is intriguing.
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I don't consider myself a celebrity and I don't consider myself a star.
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You feel like you need to deal with a lot if you're from Cleveland, so you learn to let things roll off your back, and you learn that humor is the best way to deal with it.
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I used to hate working out - until I learned how to do it properly.
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I don't think I've ever not had a dark side. But one of the wonderful reasons why you go into this business is that half your life you live in a fantasy, which is somebody else's life. It's actually a great release because you're not having to deal with the itty-bitty bits of life.
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Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.
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This is the voice of Vietnam Broadcasting from Hanoi, capitol of the Democratic republic of Vietnam.
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For some reason, I'm really comfortable talking about my personal life in songs.
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The problems we face aren't Democratic problems or Republican problems. These are Maryland's problems.
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Smaller families mean we have more time and money to lavish on each child. Parents are more anxious because small families give them less experience of parenting and put their genetic eggs in fewer baskets.
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My guilty pleasure is reality TV, as I am really nosey.
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There's no ex out there who I'm not friends with today, and I'm extremely thankful for that.
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Why do you bother asking, when you know the answer and you also know that you don't intend to believe it?
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Some folks can look so busy doin' nothin' that they seem indispensable.
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I think they've always gone on. I've gotten some irate letters from oldsters saying 'We did this in the 1930s. You didn't invent anything.' And I'm like, 'Gramps, you should have put a name on it and sold it, because that’s all I did.'
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Desire is important.
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I started writing music when I was around twelve. My current record company saw a video of me performing at my school's talent show.
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I'm very into fantasy films.
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I think everyone who goes to see a 'Bond' movie expects to be impressed by the look and the locations chosen. Certainly I was when I grew up watching them, and I don't think that's changed in the last 50 years.
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I hate to go on TV. I will start stammering.
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I find that here in the States, audiences are generally less knowledgeable, from the cognitive point of view, though they are emotionally more receptive.
