Shelley Duvall Quotes

Bernard and I intend doing a lot with our lives and that includes actively helping other people. But how can we tell you our plans when we haven't finished making them yet?

Shelley Duvall

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PeopleDoingYouPlansTellHelping

For me my friendship with Omar Rodriguez from Mars Volta that friendship really means a lot to me because he's another creative person who works as hard as I do.

John Frusciante

FriendshipCreativeMePersonHard

I was a boarding school product from the age of eight, and I hated it. Though I do have a theory that boarding school is good training for writers because it's so desperately lacking in privacy: you make space for yourself by having an interior life.

Simon Mawer

LifeGoodAgeYourselfTrainingYou

I've always had a profound conviction that great music is about joy, even in the face of tragedy.

Simon Rattle

MusicGreatJoyFaceTragedyAlways

The sax solo as we know it today would not exist without Gerry Rafferty. His 1978 soft-rock classic 'Baker Street' has to be the 'Ulysses' of rock & roll saxophone, giving the entire chorus over to Raphael Ravenscroft's sax solo, creating one of the Seventies' most enduringly creepy sounds.

Rob Sheffield

TodayGivingCreatingKnowStreet

When you try to grasp the way the Western world is going, you see that we are on a ratchet towards a surveillance state, which is coming to include the whole population in its surveillance. This is our reward for accepting the restraints on the way we live now.

Tom Stoppard

LiveWorldYouRewardWayTry

People might say I'm difficult, but did you ever hear anyone describe a label as 'difficult'? By nature, artists should challenge. When they call you difficult, it is a reflection of the imbalance of power.

Michelle Shocked

NaturePowerChallengeReflection

My style is a little bit different than most conventional Republican Party chairmen. My style is more grass roots-oriented. I'm much more of a street guy. I love hanging out in boardrooms, but I prefer to be in neighborhoods and communities.

Michael Steele

LoveStylePartyStreetGrassMore

Being on set is like being in college, for me, because I get to watch other people perform and I can learn from them if I listen and pay attention.

Molly Quinn

PeopleCollegeMeLearnAttention

To know the rules of the game, you have to be educated.

LL Cool J

GameYouRulesKnowEducated

There's this idea that it has to be made in London. But we've got everything up here, and if you've got comics who are gifted because of where they're from, you shouldn't drag them away from that natural resource.

Johnny Vegas

YouLondonEverythingUpGifted

And I had known Peter O'Toole before in London. And I'd liked him very much. And the thought of being in a picture with him was very challenging to me. And he was playing the starring role.

Anthony Quinn

MeThoughtPictureLondonHimRole

I dropped out of school and I never took acting classes.

Alice Englert

SchoolActingNeverOutDropped

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