Dan Schulman Quotes
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Look what venison does to a goofy guitar player from Detroit? I'm going to be 54 this year and if I had any more energy I'd scare you.
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Our children and grandchildren are not going to have the same standard of living unless we educate that workforce.
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I was always very grateful I was never hot. In the entire length of my career, I haven't been the most adored.
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When I was at drama school, I remember going to Amsterdam for new year and sitting with friends on the front of a P&O ferry in the wind, having some sort of 'Titanic' moment, declaring ourselves to be the new kings of theatre.
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I'm the diva from the future. The next gig's on the moon. Catch me while you can.
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Adele ultimately did well in such a large way because she affects everybody, and the way that she writes seems to be popular music, not because of her skin color but because she writes great music, and it's popular in that way.
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You can spend your money on art works and sit down and look at them. Or you can use your money to help people.
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For a long time, I couldn't even afford food and clothing. I climbed from the very bottom of the society.
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I'm a dirt road out in the country kind of person, but I remember thinking, I could live in Chicago.
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I'm letting competition drive me, and when competition drives me, I don't think anyone can compete with me.
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Glamour to me is about remaining graceful and understated.
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Your intentions are your nonphysical causes that set energy into motion. They create a multitude of effects and, therefore, determine the experiences of your life. This is one of the most important things that you can know. It is also something that you can see for yourself is true.
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Maintenance is terribly important.
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There is a real formula to writing music, verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge. It's very formulaic. The subject matter that you can address in pop music is somewhat restricted. It just doesn't allow that same emotive quality that you can put into poetry.
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There's a big, wonderful world out there for you. It belongs to you. It's exciting and stimulating and rewarding. Don't cheat yourselves out of this promise.
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Superfluous lags the vet'ran on the stage.
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Welcome to my library! Ever since my high school days, books and magazines have been to my mind what friends are in the flesh. Each and every one of these books and articles- a fraction of the 12,000 volumes that I share my house with- has contributed to expanding my dream.
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It was Homaira and me against the world. ... In the end, the world always wins. That's just the way of things.
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How sweet! You still believe in death... that's just so... quaint. Well, sorry to pop your death bubble, but there's no such thing. So make the best of things. Any real belief in death is just wishful thinking. Don't waste good drugs on killing yourself. Share them with friends and have a party. Or send them to me.
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Avant-garde music is sort of research music. You're glad someone's done it but you don't necessarily want to listen to it.
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Respect is not ever assigned; it's earned.
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My mom gave me a good piece of advice. She said never marry a man thinking you can change him, and I think that starts from your first date when you're in the seventh grade onwards. Women are fixers so we have to just not fix. Don't fix.
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I think auditions are set up for failure because they're not really the set experience. There's no time to develop the character. You're just looking at someone... if someone's really good in an audition, sometimes they're not good in the film. It's something you learn when you're doing short films. It's the same way that some people do well at taking tests and some people don't. But when you're on a long-term filmmaking process it's a completely different feeling.
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There's always some potential vulnerabilities in any system.