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Quotes by American Authors
"I think it would be nice to sell 15 million albums as a solo artist. I'd have to deal with all the repercussions of that, but that wouldn't be too bad."
"Don't criticize them, they are just what we would be under similar circumstances."
"Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves."
"Over a three year period, I gave away half of what I had. To be honest, my hands shook as I signed it away. I knew I was taking myself out of the race to be the richest man in the world."
"I've been campaigning for 17 of the last 24 months. I'm ready to legislate and not campaign."
"It was by design that we mostly used pictures that you could not necessarily see what was going on, and that didn't really focus in on the band, but instead focused in on a theme."
"You have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you, for the law is too slow. I'll ruin you."
"I can appreciate that on one side, but we have to remember that the system is designed corruptly, and works against us, so you cant convict those who can benefit from the system, because its not neccesarily their fault."
"The intention was to shoot short films that can exist as shorts independently, but when I put them all together, there are things that echo through them like the dialogue repeats; the situation is always the same, the way they're shot is very simple and the same."
"Privilege' is something else.'Privilege' is a judgment.'Privilege' is an opinion.'Privilege' is an accusation."
"Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last we cannot break it."
"Don't be afraid to see what you see."
"Inspiration could be called inhaling the memory of an act never experienced."
"Relationships are like Rome -- difficult to start out, incredible during the prosperity of the 'golden age', and unbearable during the fall. Then, a new kingdom will come along and the whole process will repeat itself until you come across a kingdom like Egypt... that thrives, and continues to flourish. This kingdom will become your best friend, your soul mate, and your love."
"For any director with a little lucidity, masterpieces are films that come to you by accident."
"Whatever his secret was, I have learnt one secret too, and namely: that the soul is but a manner of being -- not a constant state -- that any soul may be yours, if you find and follow its undulations. The hereafter may be the full ability of consciously living in any chosen soul, in any number of souls, all of them unconscious of their interchangeable burden."
"The problem is we moved to LA... The only way to be punk rock in L.A. is to be a Republican."
"No" works just fine as a complete sentence. You don't have to explain yourself.I said no, then stopped talking."
"Where I grew up - I grew up on the north side of Akron, lived in the projects. So those scared and lonely nights - that's every night. You hear a lot of police sirens, you hear a lot of gunfire. Things that you don't want your kids to hear growing up."
"If any demonstrator ever lays down in front of my car, it'll be the last car he'll ever lay down in front of."
"Americans are in a cycle of fear which leads to people not wanting to spend and not wanting to make investments, and that leads to more fear. We'll break out of it. It takes time."
"To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly."
"Today, we say the only thing we have to fear is four more years of George Bush."
"People are chasing cash, not happiness. When you chase money, you're going to lose. You're just going to. Even if you get the money, you're not going to be happy."
"Most people, probably, are in doubt about certain matters ascribed to their past. They may have seen them, may have said them, done them, or they may only have dreamed or imagined they did so."
"If the sky could dream, it would dream of dragons."
"Comfort zones are most often expanded through discomfort."
"Producing came about because I never wanted to be in one of those books, Where Are They Now?"
"Maybe these kids are just too young and too dumb to know about the first 13. Maybe they can't comprehend that the Braves have only won one World Series in those 13 years."
"I definitely feel a difference about my place in the industry. I feel like I have some longevity now."
"A healthy environment is essential to a livable Oregon and a strong economy."
"The finer natures were those that shone at the larger times."
"TV tends to look for the living equivalents of squeaky-clean Kens and Barbies, but with my dial I'm more like Ken's dirty old uncle."
"It is important to view knowledge as sort of a semantic tree -- make sure you understand the fundamental principles, ie the trunk and big branches, before you get into the leaves/details or there is nothing for them to hang on to."
"If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?"
"I don't care about how many times somebody recognizes my face."
"Advertising is the principal reason why the business man has come to inherit the earth."
"As far as the customer is concerned, the interface is the product."
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