Chris Crutcher Quotes

If I have any complaints about my youth... one is that many well-meaning adults lied to me. Not spiteful lies with malicious intent but lies designed to prevent emotional and psychological pain - lies told by the people who cared about me most: my parents, teachers, relatives.

Chris Crutcher

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PainParentsPeopleMeYouthIntent

I don't want to produce anymore small or independent movies because it's just too hard these days.

John Cusack

SmallWantMoviesIndependentHard

I always say that kindness is the greatest beauty that you can have.

Andie MacDowell

KindnessBeautyYouSayAlways

Real spiritual authority has to do with the truth of the actual words being spoken, and the spirit of the person behind the words. Really, authority is about truth: honest-living truth.

John Ortberg

TruthWordsSpiritualPersonSpirit

I don't care about the length of anything I play, as long as it's a good character.

John Hurt

GoodCharacterCareLongPlayAbout

I've always been a fan of the 19th century novel, of the novel that is plotted, character-driven, and where the passage of time is almost as central to the novel as a major minor character, the passage of time and its effect on the characters in the story.

John Irving

CharacterTimeStoryAlwaysWhere

Any tool is a weapon if you hold it right.

Ani DiFranco

YouRightHoldToolWeaponAny

Training is a universal right. It's not just targeted at those with the worst skill levels.

Jeff Denham

TrainingSkillWorstRightJust

A lot of my success comes from black music. It's something I'm very proud of.

Michael Bolton

SuccessMusicProudBlackSomething

'King of California' was just, I thought, a really great, fresh, original kind of script. I loved the tone, the mix of tragedy, comedy, and drama, and that it was a good part.

Michael Douglas

GoodGreatKingThoughtLovedDrama

He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.

Sun Tzu

LeadershipWaitEnemyWillPrudent

There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity.

Robertson Davies

TimeStupiditySocietyWillNonsense

I think that when you talk to people about Monopoly, they love talking about their memories associated with it. And for me, I'm the same way. I mean, when I think about Monopoly, I think of my family playing at the holidays.

Mary Pilon

FamilyLoveMemoriesPeopleMeYou

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