Daniel H. Wilson Quotes
As a society, I think we express our cultural mores through our politics. We're trying constantly to figure out what's OK and what's not OK. And it's hard, because our society is constantly buffeted by gale force winds of technology. Things are always changing.
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Everyone will experience the consequences of his own acts. If his act are right, he'll get good consequences; if they're not, he'll suffer for it.
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Somebody once told me I shouldn't try to change Hollywood. That isn't my point at all. I don't want Hollywood to change me.
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I have received nasty e-mails, messages on Twitter and ridiculous comments, not only about my size, but my family.
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I do not consider the Lisbon Treaty to be a good thing for Europe, for the freedom of Europe, or for the Czech Republic.
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Yeah, I'm from Jersey; it's almost like I was automatically born a Nets fan.
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A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth.
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More often than not, I get cast as quite Machiavellian roles - it's something about my face; I'm quite shifty or something!
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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I have two sisters, and we are the best of friends.
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It's part of me, Scotland. I'm still immersed in it even though I am not there.
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We wish to ensure that young Africans do not feel disorientated in the century in which they live.
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The problem with pity parties is very few people come, and those who do don't bring presents.
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Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.
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I was doing comedy in laundry mats in 1992, literally where I would bring a little gorilla amp and a lapel mike and just start performing.
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There is no winning or losing, but rather the value is in the experience of imagining yourself as a character in whatever genre you're involved in, whether it's a fantasy game, the Wild West, secret agents or whatever else. You get to sort of vicariously experience those things.
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One of the few times I saw my mother cry was when Lennon died, and the other time was when Elvis died.
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The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.
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When you're young and have the opportunity, it's crucial to learn as much as possible about your profession from every possible angle.
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I am a huge fan of capitalism and a huge fan of entrepreneurship and changing the world with technology and with entrepreneurship. Capitalism is awesome. To me, capitalism is my religion.
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Court the society of a superior, and make much of the opportunity; for in the company of an equal thy good fortune must decline.
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I'm not a man deeply interested in technology. It eludes me. I confess I don't even have a computer, I don't have a cell phone.
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Ecstasy is what everyone craves - not love or sex, but a hot-blooded, soaring intensity, in which being alive is a joy and a thrill. That enravishment doesn't give meaning to life, and yet without it life seems meaningless.
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As a society, I think we express our cultural mores through our politics. We're trying constantly to figure out what's OK and what's not OK. And it's hard, because our society is constantly buffeted by gale force winds of technology. Things are always changing.
