Cullen Hightower Quotes
We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex - but Congress can.
Quotes to Explore
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I needed to really pursue music and learn what I needed to learn on my own by getting in and doing it, not by reading a book about it.
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I have an obsession with fashion - it's another form of expression for me - and I have a growing collection of vintage clothes and jewelry. Being able to play dress-up for my career has been a gift.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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I think we all carry the seeds of our own destruction. You really have to be aware that just because something is good, it doesn't mean it's not going to trigger a self-destructive impulse.
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I hate being manipulated by song. Don't tell me what I should be feeling. I don't want cellos or violins to be telling me that I should be bawling right now.
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You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.
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Don't depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don't make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things.
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Anything where I get to write a lot of jokes and have a lot of creative control - that's all I want.
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It hurts every day when you practice hard, but when this decathlon is over, I got the rest of my life to recuperate. Who cares how bad it hurts?
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I think there are certain business matters which we must now conduct differently than we used to.
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During the first million years of its existence, mankind survived five apocalypses without succumbing to extinction. It endured the Apocalypse of Steel, the Apocalypse of Hydrogen, the Apocalypse of Serotonin, and both Apocalypses of Water, the second of which occurred despite certain contracts to the contrary.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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I am not a madman or a nut.
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The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.
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The key is to work with people who are passionate about storytelling and who have a similar sensibility of the type and nature of the stories that you want to tell.
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Thirty years ago dinner theatre used to be much more of a going concern than it is now.
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I feel enough distance from the person I used to be. I'm not ashamed about my life anymore, because I've learnt from it.
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I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
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I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place.
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I never play golf because it takes too long, and the business connections it produces can be made just as easily over an early breakfast.
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If I had to give one piece of advice to a budding entrepreneur, I would say: 'Aim big.'
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I usually run in the morning and like to have something substantial but light to eat before and after. My go-to choices are either a banana with almond butter or a smoothie.
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The autobiographical self is built on the basis of past memories and memories of the plans that we have made; it's the lived past and the anticipated future.
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We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex - but Congress can.
