Christen Press Quotes
I didn't have any natural instincts toward heading. It cost me lots of opportunities to score.
Quotes to Explore
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One must always try to see the truth of a situation - it makes things universal.
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We are cyborgs already. If you learn to read, it causes permanent changes to the structure of your brain for your entire life.
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I was sent the script for 'Silver Linings' when I was doing a play in D.C. at The Kennedy Center with Cate Blanchett and I was sent the script and asked if I was interested, and I said 'Oh, boy am I!'
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Maybe some people that only listen to electronic music will pick up my record and get turned on to some of the story songs, some of the more country-type stuff.
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I'm not going to choose between classical, Broadway or pop. I would love to stay where I am now - a mix of everything.
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People often ask me whether I believe in God. I haven't seen God. But I think that one's beliefs are one's God - and, in those terms, yes, God is there.
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A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.
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The holy book is implanted in the hearts and minds of all the Muslims. Humiliation of the holy book represents the humiliation of our people.
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When I did 'Guffman,' it was terrifying. I didn't know what to say. I started talking, and it just came out.
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There is a clear link between illegal migrants coming to Europe and the spread of terrorism.
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I'm Irish. I think about death all the time.
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You are never to allow a shadow of doubt to enter your mind that the Creator intended you to win in life's battle.
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Any time you write history, you insert your opinion. You pick and choose what you are going to write about. I feel really happy not inserting myself. I spend too much of my life inserting myself. It's just great to let other people carry the narrative.
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Form and function are a unity, two sides of one coin. In order to enhance function, appropriate form must exist or be created.
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My interest is not data, it's the world. And part of world development you can see in numbers. Others, like human rights, empowerment of women, it's very difficult to measure in numbers.
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I love corduroys, because they are really comfy and they're cozier than jeans. They come in nice autumn hues - colors that you can have fun with.
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The longest day must have its close - the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning. An eternal, inexorable lapse of moments is ever hurrying the day of the evil to an eternal night, and the night of the just to an eternal day.
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Tell that to the marines-the sailors won't believe it.
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I willingly believe that the damned are, in one sense, successful, rebels to the end; that the doors of hell are locked on the inside.
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I could compare my music to white light which contains all colours. Only a prism can divide the colours and make them appear; this prism could be the spirit of the listener.
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When I decided to stop using quotation marks, it presented technical challenges: you have to conceive of dialogue differently and structure it differently for this to work. So I had a new problem, which makes writing interesting again.
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I didn't have any natural instincts toward heading. It cost me lots of opportunities to score.
