Clarence Clemons (The Big Man) Quotes
To me, music is a river. I have lived my life beside the river. Every day, I get up and look at the river. I watch it and notice when it rises and falls.
Quotes to Explore
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On the whole, it is the rights and freedoms of all citizens that are crucial in Saudi Arabia and from those the rights of women will emanate.
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I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
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There's not much room for eccentricity in Hollywood, and eccentricity is what's sexy in people.
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Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
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Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event.
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I play-acted and started performing, which just logically led to doing it in school, which led to studying it in college, which led to auditioning to the showcase in New York. And then I had an agent, and I was an actress.
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People often try to disguise televisions. I always think that makes it worse. It is what it is!
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The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it is, not because of what it does.
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I'd like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis.
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I never edit the songs that come out. And they tend to come out as a whole. The closest thing I have ever done to editing them is just cutting out a verse, but never rewriting lyrics.
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I definitely have the screenwriting itch.
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I enjoy music so much; it's such a passion in my life, and I hope that comes across.
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Look at Islam in a rational manner and without demagoguery or emotion. It is the leading religion of the world with 1.5 billion followers.
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I try and groom myself, be it through fitness or dance.
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I don't get hung up on weight.
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Bearing an eternal longing for Jewishness, I threw myself in all directions and left to work for another people. I am not one of those lucky ones raised in their own environment, whose work is normal.
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I'm one of those fellows so frightened of driving that I go 80 miles an hour - and the more frightened I get, the faster I go.
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I know it's a cliche, but the whole family is just whacked. I mean, we're all out of our minds. They're the funniest, most eccentric bizarre people I've ever met, my siblings.
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It's been unsettling to discover that every form of narrative, even one that purports to tell the truth, is a kind of lying.
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The least consideration of any film I've ever worked on is who is right for it.
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We need to become good citizens in the global village, instead of competing. What are we competing for - to drive more cars, eat more steaks? That will destroy the world.
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Miracles will have their claimersMore will bow to RomeHe and she are in the houseBut there's only me at home. - Anagram (For Mongo) (1989)
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'Wild Things' is saying, 'I don't have to belong anywhere. This is where I belong.' It's a place in the back of my mind that I created, and it's cool, and I love it here.
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To me, music is a river. I have lived my life beside the river. Every day, I get up and look at the river. I watch it and notice when it rises and falls.
