Win Butler Quotes
Usually, I think you have most of your musical influences locked down by the time you're 16.
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I think 'North by Northwest' and 'Rope' and Rear Window' and 'Psycho' are on my list of favorite all time movies. I just think his kind of command as a director was almost unparalleled, and I feel like in certain ways the sort of character-based thriller owes more to Hitchcock than anyone.
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Even when something sad or tragic happens, I find a way to look at it in a positive light. People who don't have a sense of humor must be so sad all the time.
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This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it.
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All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
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I can write pretty much anywhere if you give me time and some quiet. The home is not usually the best place because I have four children. It's usually pandemonium around here!
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I was hoping, actually, that being on the other side of the camera in a scary movie, see how it's filmed and maybe you won't be as scared next time you watch one... didn't really work out! Because I know it's fake, but I just get so into it.
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When it's time to film and to actually take on the role of Precious, I felt an immense responsibility to do it justice.
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The congressmen and senators used to go have a drink in D.C. They would disagree all day long, but they would find that time to sit down and learn about each other personally. I think that's totally wiped out; I don't think it really exists anymore.
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Most Arab Israelis speak Hebrew, but not the other way around. It's about time that changed.
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For being in a relationship or to be linked up with somebody, you need to have time. I hang out with my friends just at my leisure, but there's no time to get into any link up.
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I've done stuff in the past and followed in the footsteps of my heroes, and each time, it felt a little bit surreal.
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Over time, our emerging high-usage products will likely generate significant new revenue streams for Google as well as for our partners, just as search does today.
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Popping broad beans out of their skins can be therapeutic, but it isn't everybody's favourite waste of time.
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Music is the best means we have of digesting time.
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As an actor, I'm familiar with having bursts of energy, where you're giving things a try, and then you have down time.
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Once I have children, the kids come first. One thing at a time for me.
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We don't spend so much time on the opponent that we forget it's really about us.
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You never know how much time you got.
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What science fiction does is take what might be possible someday and examine what might happen if it were - the drawbacks and the positive things.
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My number 1 priority is common sense, because we don't see a lot of that in the state capitol.
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Sexual harassment at work... is it a problem for the self-employed?
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The world is now aware that the most unavoidable and most dangerous weapon that exists is the blind decisiveness of a man ready to sacrifice his life for an obscure cause.
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I talk a lot about taking risks, and then I follow that up very quickly by saying, 'Take prudent risks.'
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Usually, I think you have most of your musical influences locked down by the time you're 16.
