Edward Burns Quotes
I feel Irish-Americans are the forgotten minority group. Nobody else is making films about them.
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As a kid, I was always very thin, and I kind of didn't know that I was skinny.
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I love being a part of something so many people can relate to and enjoy.
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I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with it.
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I'm somebody who's super into psychology and analysis and the human psyche and the human experience.
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When I first came to do shows in Vegas, I followed the usual entertainer's syndrome - I played craps and lost.
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I'm happy with the way everyone presents themselves onstage.
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The NCI scientific programme leaders meet regularly to ensure that we are not ignoring highly original proposals and that we are not creating an unbalanced grant portfolio.
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There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.
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Drugs: 'There’s no way to keep them from getting in. Anyone who wants drugs can get them. We make arrests where we can, and so what? Me, I’m betting on Darwin.''How do you mean?''The next generation won’t use drugs because they’ll be descended from people who had better sense.'
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When you live alone you no longer know what it is to tell a story: the plausible disappears at the same time as the friends. You let events flow by too: you suddenly see people appear who speak and then go away; you plunge into stories of which you can't make head or tail: you'd make a terrible witness.
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If I have one thing perfect, it's my eyebrows. And my feet. I love my feet. They're like Japanese feet. The rest I would like to hide. Especially my freckles. I feel ridiculous.
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My managers understood that when I sulk, they talk to me. It's a way for me to be heard.
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We forget that the soul has its own ancestors.
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Anonymous comments? You're not in the arena, man. If you can't say it to me in person in front of my kids, don't say it.
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I love being an advocate for women as we get older so that we can feel comfortable with ourselves. It's all about being healthy for me now.
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At some point, you're just happy to be a working actor, but to be able to do it with people you really love and enjoy spending time with, it's just such a rare thing. You hear so many horror stories.
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I learned that when you're lucky enough to be surrounded by such talented people that you really become more of an orchestrator of this talent - you're just trying to harmonise everyone's contributions.
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Black America now has the power to achieve economic inclusion, which we rightfully deserve because we built this country. This is a conversation that white America doesn't really want to have.
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Always stay grounded and enjoy everything that comes your way, whether it's the chance to go for a opportunity or getting one.
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I intend to fight to ensure that Connecticut workers have a level playing field when competing for jobs.
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A consumer is a shopper who is sore about something.
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American capitalists, enthralled by the doctrines of finance, have put their income statements in service of the balance sheet.
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I've dug so deep into his background, I can practically tell you when he stopped waring diapers.
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I feel Irish-Americans are the forgotten minority group. Nobody else is making films about them.
