- Global Warming
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some Quotes
Small word, wide range of thought.
This page gathers quotes that turn on the word "some" — a small qualifier that shows up everywhere from filmmakers talking about creative limits to reflections on real historical friction, including the 1962 border war fought over disputed Himalayan terrain. If you're also drawn to broader affirmations, the Good quotes collection covers similar ground from another angle.
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- Legs
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- Nov 07, 2020
Characters stretching their legs in some calm haven generally don't make for interesting protagonists.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
My prayer is improvised - though like some standard jazz performance, the improv happens within pretty strict parameters - and asks for nothing.
- Habit
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- Nov 07, 2020
For some time it's been my habit to use images when preparing a speech: rather than write it down, I illustrate it.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll get to make a lot of money and do some bad sitcoms.
- Danger
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- Nov 07, 2020
The danger with running for president is sooner or later some sound bite is going hit.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our approach to education has remained largely unchanged since the Renaissance: From middle school through college, most teaching is done by an instructor lecturing to a room full of students, only some of them paying attention.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had to turn off my Twitter notifications for a while as I got a small minority of people sending me some abusive tweets.
- Population
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some of the huge tax breaks that we gave to the wealthiest 1 percent of the population in this country during the Bush era have contributed significantly to the deficit.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I stopped making films, they were getting on to the more realistic films and the explicit films and all. They were depicting life as it is, and some of it was unpleasant. I gradually moved away from that.
- Free Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
And I'm a pretty avid photographer, I've been into photography for years now, so I try to spend some of my free time with that.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not sure that some governors just don't want to lay off people for the sake of laying off people and being able to say they did.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
At some point in my life, before I was gone, I wanted to make an album, even if it was for no reason other than posterity.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tony Williams, Billy Cobham and Lenny White; some of those guys were big influences on me.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would have to say I might do some stuff, but it's the film that's appealing. I was raised on film. My musical experience is all via film, it's not from classical music.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020