Dave Barry Quotes
The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes.
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Dangerous people with guns are a threat to women.
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I want variety. I certainly don't want any kind of hype if I can avoid it. I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety, I suppose, because - like a lot of people - I'm easily bored.
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People have to evolve.
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Despite all odds we have emerged as one people and one country.
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I was going to try to get into the creative writing program at Berkeley; it's just that the acting thing worked out.
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My favorite Broadway show day-to-day, just for the experience, was 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.' The people were so much fun. It was a great show.
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I'm attracted to playing people who aren't necessarily straightforward.
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Writing is a creative process, and you need to have the doors and windows of your mind open so that you have the possibility of change.
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I think by now if people hire me, they know I'm going to improvise. I'm an improviser by trade.
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People who vote against this today are voting against me and I will not forget.
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Mike Judge is very specific about how people look in his projects, and I think it's because he's an animator.
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There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.
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I've had writing sessions with people, but I've never had one where you're just there, and you start making a song, and then it's too good to be true that something really cool will come out of this.
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When people are putting pressure on me I just completely ignore it.
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There are people who are good for letters and others that are good for numbers.
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The question of likability is a bit of a puzzler for me. You know, I don't write people with likability in mind. It's more whether or not I find them compelling.
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I argue in this paper that we are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth.
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I think when people make a record with a goal in mind - like taking it to the next level or making them seem more mature - that gets in the way of writing great songs.
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One thing I've had to realize in my career is that I can't do it all. Sometimes we put a lot of pressure on ourselves to make sure we're writing the next hit. There are other people out there, and that's what they do every day, and they have strengths that I don't have.
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The atmosphere is great for people - it allows us to survive - but it's a real headache for astronomers.
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President Mandela was not a hands-on president at any time.
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Maybe I was born to be a merchant, maybe it was fate. I don't know about that. But I know this for sure: I loved retail from the very beginning.
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I like to work at the beginning of projects. Once they get stable, I'll hand them off.
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The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes.
