Daniel H. Wilson Quotes
I absolutely don't think a sentient artificial intelligence is going to wage war against the human species.
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My paternal grandfather Rustom Mehta had a huge influence on me because of his ethics and his values.
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One who neglects or disregards the existence of earth, air, fire, water and vegetation disregards his own existence which is entwined with them.
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The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, 'At least this is something for which I won't have to study.' But I've realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he's doing and about what's going on around him. The moment you think you've nailed it, you're dead.
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Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.
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Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.
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How movies are financed, it's a world market now... I feel like, you know, the independent film way of working is something that was in my bones. It's like being a part of a punk band, but no one's singing punk rock anymore. Only a few bands are able to play, and Woody Allen is one of them.
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Things that came before, people and things and experiences – that does mean something to me. It doesn't mean I don't embrace the new, but I don't forget the past, either.
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A lot of things come with fame, whether it's losing friends or losing family.
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I'm a natural blonde, but I feel like a brunette. I feel like people treat me now how I should be treated. People used to be shocked, when I was blond, that I wasn't stupid.
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A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too.
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The Melvins are grunge.
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He is far too intelligent to become really cerebral.
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If you're a casting director, you're going to be curious to see what Timothy Spall's son is like. But when you get in the door, you have to have something to offer.
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Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them.
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Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if you move too quickly, our democracy will be less responsible to the majority.
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I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball. They couldn't throw it past me, none of them.
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So if I get pegged as a bikini girl, that's fine, and that can still translate into acting or other areas. But, no, I don't wanna be doing bikini shoots my whole life.
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We all have to make choices in life.
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I can write about prayer, you can read about prayer...but sooner or later you have to fall to your knees and just plain pray. Then, and only then, will you begin to operate in the vein of God's miracle-working ways.
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I was always afraid of things that worked the first time. Long experience proved that there were great drawbacks found generally before they could be got commercial; but here was something there was no doubt of.
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Increasingly prices are set by sellers to raise their prices without a loss of sales sufficient to wipe out the gain.
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I grew up in war-torn Iraq, and I believe that there are two sides of wars and we've only seen one side of it. We only talk about one side of it. But there's another side that I have witnessed as someone who lived in it and someone who ended up working in it.
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Basically America (the USA) is not a warmongering but simply a commercial society: war as the continuation of business by other means.
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I absolutely don't think a sentient artificial intelligence is going to wage war against the human species.
