Daniel Humm Quotes
The New York Public Library is a wonderful gem. I go there to get away from the bustle of the city. They have an incredible collection of menus from all over the city.
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There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.
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I'm over the word 'like' in conversation, and 'you know' seems to be the placeholder of choice, but when I'm writing dialogue, I tend to use those phrases because that's how people talk.
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I'll watch CNN in the mornings to catch up on what's going on. On the weekends, I get the Sunday edition of 'The New York Times.'
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You're either ghetto or you're not.
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When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.
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Writers shouldn't have lives that are interesting. It gets in the way of your work.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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My family weren't actors, and we didn't know any actors. It wasn't even something I was aware you could do as a job. I thought you had to be a Redgrave or a Barrymore before you were allowed to go to drama school.
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The goal wasn't to create a billion-dollar company. The goal was to create something useful where I could learn things.
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One could laugh at the world better if it didn't mix tender kindliness with its brutality.
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If you be faithful, you will have that honor that comes from God: his Spirit will say in your hearts, Well done, good and faithful servants.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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My own experience, though, as a business executive and as a governor, tells me that businesses are interested in a lot more than a low tax rate when they decide where to locate.
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As a child, I loved story books and wanted to be in them so desperately and live the stories.
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If you wanted to show a mirror to people that says, 'You've been drunk on money,' they're not going to want to see it. But if you reflected that mirror on another time they'd be willing to. People will need an explanation of where we are and where we've been, and 'The Great Gatsby' can provide that explanation.
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Islam is fixed, stable, ordered and disciplined, and so are Muslims.
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I like to hike with my dog, Webster. It helps clear my mind.
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Music is very abstract. When we talk about music, we're not discussing the music itself but rather how we react to it.
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Economic progress and better education have directly resulted in the birth of a class of voters who are better informed, very demanding and highly critical.
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I'm one of those fellows so frightened of driving that I go 80 miles an hour - and the more frightened I get, the faster I go.
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The best part? Probably being able to portray such a respectable, ethical, intelligent, strong woman. That's still pretty rare in our business, unfortunately.
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I think it is very good for the country, for the world, and especially for the Democrats that Harry Reid is retiring.
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'Who are we?' And to me that's the essential question that's always been in science fiction. A lot of science fiction stories are - at their very best - evocations of that question. When we look up at the night sky and wonder, 'Is there anyone else out there?' we're also asking who we are we in relation to them.
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The New York Public Library is a wonderful gem. I go there to get away from the bustle of the city. They have an incredible collection of menus from all over the city.
