Dave Sim Quotes
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I grew up on films.
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I'm not interested in just beautiful girls and beautiful clothes.
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I saw 'Hamilton' when it was at the Public, and I just wept profusely in my seat because this is a form I love deeply, and to watch it be reinvented in such a genius, gifted way and executed by such a brilliant company of human beings, I was overwhelmed with not just appreciation for the piece of work itself but for the possibility.
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Learning about factory farms and their horrendous treatment of animals is what made me become vegetarian in the first place. I also support the education of the public on adopting pets from animal shelters or saving homeless animals off the street in lieu of buying them from pet shops.
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I grew up in a working-class Israeli family, which was feminist only in its female-dominated structure.
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Shakespeare lets us see real people undergoing real processes, with real feelings.
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Our underwear used to just be cotton, but we wanted to see if we could create something out of synthetics.
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So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
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I think it's very important to have a sense of balance in covering the war, but you don't have to be morally neutral about terrorism.
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Men have been found to deny woman intellect; they have credited her with instinct, with intuition, with a capacity to correlate cause and effect much as a dog connects its collar with a walk.
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I'm looking forward to writing more novels for young adults.
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Ask Jeeves! Who ever used that thing? College freshmen to find out who Goethe was - that's it.
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Chinese people, young people, they don't go shopping a lot in department stores. All department store guys hate me. They say business is bad because of Jack.
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I like to work.
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I can't bear kissing scenes.
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I like an interesting movie even if it's controversial or offensive, depending on your taste.
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I've worked with a lot of really fine actors, both on stage and on screen. The level of their game lifts me up and brings the level of my game up to theirs. Always. It's like a constant upgrade.
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For the undocumented immigrants, the big priority is just to get out from the shadows, be able to get a driver's license, buy an airplane ticket and stop worrying about sudden deportation. But for the country as a whole, it's crucial that everybody have a citizen's stake in the nation's welfare.
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I'm envious of actors. You shoot a movie or you do a season of 'Big Love,' and then you're on hiatus and you have a bunch of free time.
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The white T-shirt is like a blank canvas - eternally versatile.
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It's hard and sometimes it's scary. It still amazes my mother. I went home for Christmas one year and there were fans all over the front lawn, hoping to see me.
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In many ways, products are a reflection of their founders, and I consider myself a geek. But aside from that, Imgur just organically evolved into the epicenter of geek culture.
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Get out of your own way. (p.28)
