Tom Waits Quotes

You know when you throw a party, you think people will show up and no one will like each other. It's like that with music - parts of your musical psyche have never met other parts. You wonder if you should get them together.

Tom Waits

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MusicTogetherPeopleThinkYou

I don't like to dwell all day over one scene as you do in a big feature.

Jerry Orbach

DayYouDwellOverBigLike

The house was big enough for my brother and me to have firecracker wars at one end and leave Mom and Dad undisturbed at the other. When firecrackers weren't available, we attacked each other with pennies and marbles and clumps of Crisco, which made brilliant greasy asterisks when you missed and hit the wall.

John Dickerson

BrotherMeMomEndEnoughYou

When you can't follow a ballet's action, you can always read the program notes.

Robert Gottlieb

ActionYouFollowAlwaysNotesRead

Human beings are born solitary, but everywhere they are in chains - daisy chains - of interactivity. Social actions are makeshift forms, often courageous, sometimes ridiculous, always strange. And in a way, every social action is a negotiation, a compromise between 'his,' 'her' or 'their' wish and yours.

Andy Warhol

ActionCompromiseWishNegotiation

If you think you're going to be up for an Oscar, you schedule your moviemaking.

Michael Caine

ThinkYouScheduleUpGoingYour

The thing that is so touching about - I can come right up and call him Mr. Simon. The thing that's great about Mr. Simon is he really uses the audience as a partner, and they tell him what's working and what's not. So he's always working on a play.

John Ritter

GreatPartnerI CanPlayRightHim

Making a record is an intimate experience. A good producer can get things out of you that you can't get out of yourself.

Rob Halford

GoodExperienceYourselfYouOut

We grow in time to trust the future for our answers.

Ruth Benedict

FutureTimeTrustGrowAnswersOur

Politics and football don't mix.

Ruud Gullit

FootballPoliticsMix

If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.

Michel de Montaigne

FriendshipLoveGoodMarriageRather

The tactics of Saul Alinsky and Barack Obama are geared toward wealth redistribution.

Monica Crowley

WealthTacticsBarack ObamaObama

Good friends don't have to visit each other every day.

Juan Manuel Santos

GoodDayFriendsGood FriendsVisit

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