Danny Wallace Quotes
I'm a long-time fan of Rob Long, and his books are hugely re-readable, detailing the ins and outs of being a Hollywood comedy writer with a past success but with everything to prove.
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A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.
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My first car was an '84 Ford Taurus. It caught on fire from me trying to change the fuel pump, so that wasn't good at all. Dried leaves on the ground while I was trying to change the fuel pump. Don't do that. Do it on concrete.
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M.G.M. never really gave me a break. They loaned me out for leading roles but cast me in programme pictures.
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I feel like we've already seen the burger truck, we've seen the lobster-roll truck. There's even healthy-food trucks now. But a big-thick-pizza truck? Come on, man. That'd be amazing.
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President Obama was deeply and clearly affected by the Sandy Hook disaster.
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Some players are more physical than others, some play with more finesse. Some are just really great all-around players. So you have to change your game.
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I don't intend to simply go away and write my plays and be a good boy. I intend to remain an independent and political intelligence in my own right.
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As a woman, I've learned that having a uniform of your staples or setting your look and saying what distinguishes you - like red lips or hair or whatever - leaves so much time for the rest of the day.
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Eventually somebody will want me, and there will be a role that is mine.
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All my life I have fought corruption.
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A lot of people have asked me whether I am a cynic or take a cynical view of politics and are often surprised when I say that I consider myself an optimist, but an optimist dressed in the robes of a realist.
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I believe in God, who made of one blood all nations that on earth do dwell. I believe that all men, black and brown and white, are brothers, varying through time and opportunity, in form and gift and feature, but differing in no essential particular, and alike in soul and the possibility of infinite development.
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others.
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The way that we are going after ageing, I think, is a problem. The modern medical model is basically designed to attack one disease at a time. Independent of all other diseases and independent of the basic process of ageing itself.
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Though my plans at the moment are vague, I can assure you that I'll never run for the Senate in New York.
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The notion of overnight stardom is really dangerous. For almost every person who has success in this business, there are years and years of hard work to get there. To have longevity, you really have to train, and you really have to work.
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I like Cleveland. I like the Cavaliers. Nothing wrong with Cleveland. I have lots of friends there.
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I mean, people who say that the Tea Party isn't a grassroots movement, I think, are incorrect. I think in some respects, it is a grassroots movement.
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The worst thing for a filmmaker is for a film to be labeled as pretentious or heavy-handed.
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Success is not achieved by winning all the time. Real success comes when we rise after we fall.
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The internet was supposed to make this whole business of job searching rational and simple. You could post your resume and companies would search them and they'd find you. It doesn't seem to work that way. There aren't enough jobs for experienced, college educated managers and professionals.
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I respect Apple. It's a great company that changed the world, especially the mobile time.
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I'm a long-time fan of Rob Long, and his books are hugely re-readable, detailing the ins and outs of being a Hollywood comedy writer with a past success but with everything to prove.
