- Nov 07, 2020
Saying Quotes
The gap between what's said and what's meant.
This set focuses on the friction around saying things: doubts other people voice about an unusual project, the strangeness of writing lyrics meant for someone else's voice, and family conflicts that get said and later forgiven. It pairs well with our Know quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- First One
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was playing good, nobody was saying I was playing good. When I was playing bad, I would be the first one on the front of the journal.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a lot of power in saying no to big things that you don't want to do in order to say yes to the kind of things that really inspire you.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
Actors need to know why they're saying what they're saying, more than just learning their lines.
- Something
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had this instinct and I just knew it. It was a very strange thing and as soon as I finished recording it, we were all in the studio saying we have something really special here.
- Games
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's like I was taught and I'm always saying it. Offense wins games, defense wins championships.
- Mean
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm just saying if one team out of 30 goes small, that don't mean everybody else is doing it.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been saying it before the lottery, before the Phoenix Suns even had the No. 1 pick. I've just been talking it into the existence. I'm not saying I'm the best player in the draft and trying to be cocky like that, but I was just saying I'm going to be the No. 1 pick, regardless.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm sat in the pub with my mates, they've got their stories: Richard and Tracy have split up, they went to Arsenal and this fight broke out... My anecdotes are like, 'I was in this bar, and Michelle Pfeiffer rang, and I had wax in my ear, so I couldn't hear what she was saying...'
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love things made out of animals. It's just so funny to think of someone saying, 'I need a letter opener. I guess I'll have to kill a deer.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
Teenagers have no advocate. I think any other minority so maligned by Hollywood would have pickets around the theater saying, 'We are not just idiots.'
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't really try to get involved politically by giving money to politicians or by saying I'm a Democrat or Republican. Right now, I just view myself as an American.
- Grateful
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- Nov 07, 2020
I will forever be grateful to my oncologist for opening the door and saying, 'Damn it, the tumor's 10 percent bigger,' before he even said hello.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020