Tift Merritt Quotes

My point of view as a writer has to be a lot more ego-less than just like being some performer on stage with a hairdo.

Tift Merritt

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I was the dork in high school who sang musical numbers up and down the hallways.

Amy Adams

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I've always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and eccentric. He is a great British institution and my generation grew up with the books and then Michael Horden's animations.

Stephen Fry

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But you have to give your whole life to a cello. When I realized that, I went back to the guitar and just turned the volume up a bit louder.

Ritchie Blackmore

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For me, cooking is a way to try and please people and tell them I love them. When I fall in love with someone, I want to feed them as well.

Ruth Reichl

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If it has more than three chords, it's jazz.

Lou Reed

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A lot of money could be saved if we ate urban wildlife.

Louis Theroux

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To the extent residency preferences prevent families and senior citizens from purchasing homes because of race, ethnicity or color, the preferences violate federal law and cannot be tolerated.

Loretta Lynch

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I've always had an underdog perspective.

Jason Reitman

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In a mystery, the sleuth must be believably involved and emotionally invested in solving the crime.

Diane Mott Davidson

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The key to making the inspections work is the Iraqi government making the crucial decision that because of the international pressure Iraq has to disarm itself.

Douglas Feith

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Shooting on film is great because it imparts discipline: What do you need to see so you're not finding it in the camera. When I'm shooting, I have the scene in mind, where I'm going to have certain lines. I learned to overlap and to shoot more than I think I need. That was the learning curve.

Dee Rees

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Here's the rule that I set for myself, and I believe it - even on a show like 'Curb Your Enthusiasm': the more personal you are, the wider your audience.

David Steinberg

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