Steve Miller Quotes
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A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.
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A good book, in the language of the book-sellers, is a salable one; in that of the curious, a scarce one; in that of men of sense, a useful and instructive one.
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As the scripts come in they are sent to the artists, and the artists are either very busy, or ready to start.
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When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.
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You turn up on set, and somebody who has come out of Oxford, has done a BBC course, is telling you how to act. You think, 'Do me a favour. Go and make a coffee.'
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Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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Virtually everything that gets printed about me is wrong anyway, so it doesn't really matter what you say.
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Well, when I was 13, for my bar mitzvah I received my first typewriter. And that was special.
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There's a whole element of human interaction and character interaction that I really enjoy doing.
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When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I'm feeling.
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I do go into things thinking, 'Right. I'm going to enjoy this.'
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.
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My label in Toronto was 'Stand Pat' and I think that was a fair assessment. I tried to be patient, but if a trade came along - big or small - that I thought should be made, I would make it.
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They're not shooting me for deserting the United Stated Army – thousands of guys have done that. They're shooting me for bread I stole when I was 12 years old.
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I like sparkles; I think I'm a magpie.
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I've never been on a date.
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The worst tyrants are those which establish themselves in our own breasts.
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Tyrants seldom want pretexts.
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I'm working on forgiving myself for some not-so-hot choices I've made in my life. I neglected two people I loved dearly. They are both dead now and I obviously can do nothing to repair or change that, and I grieve every day for those choices. That grief can be paralyzing, but it has made me understand the pain of holding on to unfinished business. In my case, I had put work first. I will never do that again. Having made that choice, I find the grief in my heart finally abating. Now I teach the need to forgive yourself and others relentlessly.
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I have a weird and undying love for George Michael. He's the reason why I want to do what I do.
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One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself.
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Some call me a gangster of love...
