Dave Foley Quotes
I think we carry around the idea of being a Kid in the Hall as part of our identity. It's a big part of how we see ourselves now.
Quotes to Explore
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The conflict between religion and science is inherent and (very nearly) zero-sum. The success of science often comes at the expense of religious dogma; the maintenance of religious dogma always comes at the expense of science.
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We have made mistakes. In our haste to do all things for all people, we did not foresee the full consequences of our actions. And when the people raised their voices, we didn't hear. But our deafness was only a temporary condition, and not an irreversible condition.
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It was inevitable at some point that I would bump into one of my father's plays. The reality of the situation is that I'm a jobbing actor, and any actor would give their eye-teeth to have one of those roles. It's a no-brainer! I'm pleased the stars have aligned around 'Arcadia.'
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There's a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying in to Washington, D.C., and people coming off of them with tin cups in their hands saying that they're going to be trimming down and streamlining their businesses. There's a message there.
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Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
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As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into a film, suddenly more people see it than have ever read the book.
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It is ingrained in all living creatures, first of all, to preserve their own safety, to guard against what is harmful, to strive for what is advantageous.
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We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.
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Pay your people the least possible and you'll get from them the same.
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Pigeon racing is a lousy, greedy, and often unlawful activity. One thing that it is not is kind to birds.
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The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.
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When I record something, I'll take a drive and just listen.
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A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick.
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Survival can be summed up in three words - never give up. That's the heart of it really. Just keep trying.
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Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature.
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A relationship is like another job, you know, you have to work at it all the time.
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I'm bad; I wear trainers with everything: with a dress, skirts, all of that.
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My passion for 'Star Trek' is actually rooted in my love of television and the art of franchise and a premise designed to stick people together that have to figure out what to do.
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I think Marvel's incredibly supportive of young auteurs and really let them do their thing and support their vision. They give you a sandbox to play in, but it's a pretty massive one.
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The thing I love about being a novelist is that with each project, you invent a new world. You approach it with a different set of aesthetic and structural ideas, and you grapple with a different series of problems in figuring out how to tell the story. And yet there are certain concerns that stay constant.
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I never thought of myself as a king. People really want you to be their deity. They forget the fact that you are a person who has feelings and doubts.
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I learned how to scuba dive, which is something that I've always wanted to do.
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I have many favorite vacation destinations, but my favorite destination is Maui.
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I think we carry around the idea of being a Kid in the Hall as part of our identity. It's a big part of how we see ourselves now.
