Rodney Crowell Quotes

My mother's a very spiritual woman, and I think Pentecostal religion, Bible religion, was very important to her because it gave her a context for a very spiritual approach to life.

Rodney Crowell

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I always think the Sex Pistols and the Ramones as very, very important because they stripped things down.

Jim Jarmusch

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I have never made a cent off a record in my life. I have never recouped enough, and I never sold enough. When people see you have a song on MTV, they think you are doing well - but you know, the way the traditional label deal was set up, it is really hard for an artist, unless they sold a lot, to see anything.

Jill Sobule

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Slander is worse than cannibalism.

John Chrysostom

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I was being laughed at. I hated it, so I made an adjustment to control the situation. All comics learn that.

Andy Griffith

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Our laws demand that a corporation have a fiduciary responsibility with shareholders to maximize profits. They are legally required to make as much money as possible, any way possible within 'the law.'

Michael Moore

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I see similarities in the sports I played growing up in the sense of how I tackle a role when I get a job. A lot of effort goes in on an individual basis. There is a lot of time spent by yourself working on your craft and what you have to do. But, at the end of the day, you're there to serve the movie just like you would the rugby team.

Luke Bracey

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Working backstage as a teenager made me realise there's not much glamour in this profession - just lots of hard work. That's a good thing to learn early on.

Joseph Fiennes

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In my very first interview, at nine years old, I said I wanted to be an Olympic gold medalist. That was the first time I said it out loud in front of somebody other than my parents.

Dominique Moceanu

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I know stories of Pac, but I was really, really young when he passed. The fact that he was such a thespian, and so passionate about his craft, was shocking to me in a way.

Annie Ilonzeh

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Movie-making is an extreme sport on many levels. It requires stamina such as I had never imagined.

Phyllida Lloyd

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I am not bothered with whether my characters are conventional or not. Because I am not in this for the designer labels and the autographs.

Sushant Singh Rajput

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When we live up to our Constitution, let's form a Conga line around the Capitol and bungee jump off the dome.

Paula Poundstone

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