My heroes are guys like Frank Capra and Elia Kazan and Coen brothers and Terry Gilliam, more so than a lot of bass players at this point in my life. So I've always been an old-film nut and have very much enjoyed doing videos over the years.


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I can always tell when the mother in law's coming to stay; the mice throw themselves on the trap...
LES DAWSON
We've asked the governor to suspend the gas for one month to give a break to the citizens of Florida...
LES MILLER
A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die.
LES BROWN
I think he's comfortable as our starting quarterback.
LES MILES
It has a lace cap bloom that is not terribly impressive to me. I am waiting to see if the fall color...
LES PARKS
Eclectic would be an understatement.
LES GARLAND
Intel has a slew of products coming out within a span of the next two or three quarters that could h...
LES SANTIAGO
Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on. Les Brown
LES BROWN
As far as I'm concerned, I'm just a guitar player, and my job is to go out there and play an...
LES PAUL
I saw several acts of good sportsmanship, too.
LES MILES
Then a guy said, 'Well, you know, 12 victories is probably just what we'd like, Coach,' ... I said, ...
LES MILES
We cannot sustain the mistakes that we made, and I will not allow it,
LES MILES
I actually thought we were going to win in overtime. I couldn't believe that we didn't win the game.
LES MILES
We had families of our players staying in the dormitory with them, and still do,
LES MILES
When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat...
LES BROWN
I want to emphasize that what happened here at Fort Stewart is not just a Fort Stewart issue, ... It...
LES BROWNLEE
All of the thrusting is in the inner solar system, then it coasts.
LES JOHNSON
The key is that no matter to what extent we played close to our opponent, we still found a way to wi...
LES MILES
One of the most essential things you need to do for yourself is to choose a goal that is important t...
LES BROWN
I'm a cheesecake connoisseur, and it was awfully good.
JIM LES
I've got a friend who is a lion tamer. He used to be a school teacher till he lost his nerve.
LES DAWSON
The mother-in-law is the centre of a family.
LES DAWSON
The mother-in-law came round last week. It was absolutely pouring down. So I opened the door and I s...
LES DAWSON
My mother-in-law's so fat that when she passes her handbag from hand to hand she throws it.
LES DAWSON
We always did say we were going to look at the fountain and see if we can keep it. If not, we were c...
LES MORRIS
It could come up if we have a special session in October. I think that's a little bit too late. The ...
LES MILLER