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 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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It's possible to look really cute and still be comfortable. You don't have to kill your feet to have a fashionable look.
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I write about the period 1933-42, and I read books written during those years: books by foreign correspondents of the time, histories of the time written contemporaneously or just afterwards, autobiographies and biographies of people who were there, present-day histories of the period, and novels written during those times.
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Ambiguity lurks in generality and may thus become an instrument of severity.
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All too soon will Childhood gay Realise Life's sober sadness. Let's be merry while we may, Innocent and happy Fay! Elves were made for gladness!
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I would tell filmmakers: 'Don't just be seduced by the same old, same old. There are interesting things you can explore that may get your film out there to audiences better than the traditional distribution mechanisms.'
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We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex - but Congress can.
