Walter Kirn Quotes
You're able to do things in novels: introduce subplots, other characters, thematic layers and so on, in a way that you simply can't in a movie. A movie really has to choose its battles.
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I made an album of healing music called 'Grace and Gratitude' that came from my soul.
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My wife asked me if I ever thought I would ever retire from stand-up. And I thought about it, and I was like, 'No, because it's my job; it's what I do, and I enjoy it.' It's still the most challenging thing for me to do.
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Thousands of years and many civilizations have defined a marriage as the union between one man and one woman. With few exceptions, those civilizations that did not follow that perished.
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I'll tell you something, and this is true: I've never been able to write a film which I didn't respect. I just can't do it. I'm very happy about all the films I haven't done.
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Somebody gets to be smart and somebody gets to be dumb. If we win, it'll be because of the president. And if we lose, it'll be because of me.
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I'm the Chris Martin of hip-hop.
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We come into relationships often very much identified with our needs. I need this, I need security, I need refuge, I need friendship. And all of relationships are symbiotic in that sense. We come together because we fulfill each others' needs at some level or other.
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I think in life, if you continue to challenge yourself, you can pride yourself in what you continuously accomplish.
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No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child.
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I don't wanna sound pretentious talking about myself.
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I have charity work that I do. I started my own charity, the Friends of the Prostate, and I'm also working on awareness of the deviated septum. I do this because not many people are interested in it. There's also Save the Funnel-web - they're dying out.
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Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.
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What we want the folks in Ethiopia to know is that we are behind them in the democratic process. We know it is not perfect, as we are still working on ours; but we wish them success in this great and noble endeavor.
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I studied in a medical college and qualified myself as a medical graduate.
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The Indian market is potentially the largest market in the world with the leadership at both central and state level focused on leapfrogging into the future.
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I appreciate when people enjoy my work, but I don't like being recognized in public.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear.
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If we cannot end the conflict, we have an inescapable moral duty to help refugees and provide legal avenues to safety.
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God loves you as though you are the only person in the world, and He loves everyone the way He loves you.
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I was glamorous because of magicians like George Folsey, James Wong Howe, Oliver Marsh, Ray June, and all those other great cinematographers. I trusted those men and the other experts who made us beautiful. The rest of it I didn't give a damn about. I didn't fuss about my clothes, my lighting, or anything else, but, believe me, some of them did.
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Writers shouldn't have lives that are interesting. It gets in the way of your work.
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I choose work with the people I like to work with.
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You're able to do things in novels: introduce subplots, other characters, thematic layers and so on, in a way that you simply can't in a movie. A movie really has to choose its battles.
