In general, I'm pretty shy and nervous about a lot of things. For me to get on stage for the first time took so many times at an open mic before I finally got on stage and did it.
I go to Wal-Mart all the time. The one in my hometown of Hendersonville, Tenn., is open 24 hours, so I go there a lot to buy DVDs and stuff like that.
The real leaders cannot appear in the peaceful time; nor can the serious opposition emerge from within the peaceful atmosphere. Without an open confrontation, there is no opposition!
I think I'm also more open to other writers being present and listening to other opinions, whereas before I was going through my angsty teen years while making records.
I was in the studio so much, it was about the search for air in a metaphoric sense, and the breathing has more to do with travel for me, about the search musically for open air.
Travel for me is all about transformation, and I'm fascinated by those people who really do come back from a trip unrecognizable to themselves and perhaps open to the same possibilities they'd have written off not a month before.
When I travel abroad, because I'm Columbian, I'm always one that they check twice and security and I'm the one that they open my bag and the one they pull to the side to check the visa.
Various channels of dialogue must be kept open to build trust. I will meet North Korea's leader if it is needed to develop relations between the two Koreas.
[warning Max when two policemen have them pulled over] Vincent: If you open that trunk, they go inside.
Sarge: LAPD! Drop the guns! Drop 'em! La La: Curbside Gang, putos! Sarge: Fuck you! [the police open fire]
Ricky Roma: You never open your mouth until you know what the shot is.
Bjurman: I forgot to ask you. [rips open condom package] Bjurman: You like anal sex?
Molly Malloy: If you was worth breaking my nails on I'd tear your face wide open.
Opening Quote by Chris Hedges: The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug.
Young Eisenheim: [When showing Young Sophie the locket he made for her] There's a secret way to open it.
[he is having sex with his wife in the restroom, Mathilda opens the door] Mathilda's Father: Shut the goddamn door!
Satine: [to Christian] On opening night I have to sleep with the Duke, and the jealousy will drive you mad.
Lee: [Grabs at three flies - opens his hand] One. There was a time when I'd have gotten all three.
Frank Burns: God meant us to find each other. Hotlips O'Houlihan: [enthusiastically, opening her blouse] His will be done.
Boss Spearman: My friend and me got a hankerin' for Switzerland chocolate and a good smoke.
Boss Spearman: A man's trust is a valuable thing, Button. You don't want to lose it for a handful of cards.
