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Music is like girlfriends to me; I'm continually astonished by the choices other people make.


David Lee Roth

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'cause im telling you the trut...
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BOB FITZSIMMONS Nobody can make choices for me but me.
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ATO ESSANDOH Im waiting, for what, my kind of people, what kind is that, i can tell my kind of people by their fa...
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SAMUEL JOHNSON We make choices but are constantly foiled by happenstance.
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"You're one to talk."
"Hey, I could be nice if I t...
VERONICA ROTH I'll say it one last time: Be brave.
VERONICA ROTH She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love... That it should be done f...
VERONICA ROTH I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.
VERONICA ROTH I suppose a fire that burns that bright is not meant to last.
VERONICA ROTH There is less pressure as a character actor. It generally means that you will be acting for all of y...
TIM ROTH Sheer Playfulness and Deadly Seriousness are my closest friends.
PHILIP ROTH When they were casting, Denis was very specific that he didn't want any actors from L.A. and I was l...
ANDREA ROTH He's a dream. He's the greatest. We shoot about 14 pages a day, which is maybe seven different scene...
ANDREA ROTH All the characters are good and bad. None of them are soft and fluffy.
ANDREA ROTH We got a great response (after the first episode) from firemen and their wives, but since then, cert...
ANDREA ROTH Natural disasters are terrifying - that loss of control, this feeling that something is just going t...
ELI ROTH Literature isn't a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority and audacity with w...
PHILIP ROTH Creative writing and shooting are muscles that atrophy. But when you work them, you become a self-ge...
ELI ROTH You read a script and its based on 'Reservoir Dogs' and 'Pulp Fiction', and it goes ...
TIM ROTH 'Beatrice Cenci' was an amazing film. If it were released today it'd win Best Picture. I...
ELI ROTH In my own relationships, I know that I should break up with someone who doesn't encourage me to ...
VERONICA ROTH I regret..." Tobias tilts his head, and sighs. "I regret my choice."
"What Choice?"
"Daunt...
VERONICA ROTH