Dave Van Ronk Quotes
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I love edgy comedy. 'Coming to America' still gets me and 'Friday.' I watch old Richard Pryor stand-up on VHS, too.
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If you really think that ambition, power, lust, desire are not as applicable in the media as in politics or on Wall Street or anywhere else, you're deluding yourself.
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Make the hard ones look easy and the easy ones look hard.
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I don't think more concentration is required for Robert De Niro to do what he does as for Jim Carrey to do what he does.
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All I've done is my job, and I intend to continue doing it. And I'm not especially worried about the criticism that comes from the bench.
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'Superbad' and 'Remember the Titans' - two movies I can watch over and over again. I watch 'Superbad' whenever I need to laugh.
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Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.
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Initially, I wanted to do films with A-list actors when I was struggling. I was hoping that I could also get that platform where I'm launched with Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan or Aamir Khan... and with them my career could also start, but it didn't happen. And then came 'Queen.'
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Our principal role as designers is to accelerate new ideas and the adoption of new ideas.
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We are living in a world which seems to be founded on the refusal to reflect.
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No matter where I'm going, I always have sunglasses, a book, and some gum in my carry-on.
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Hillary Clinton was the worst Secretary of State in the history of the country. The world came apart under her reign as Secretary of State.
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I have seven rescue dogs.
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As an actor, I'm attracted to drama; as a director, it's humor - because it's the story of my life, and I can't be that serious about it. Being alone is a big theme in all my movies, both as a director and as an actress.
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I have a go at defenders, and they have a go at me. We argue... Whatever happens on the pitch stays on the pitch.
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Anything you loved, however intensely, becomes mortifying the moment you cease to love it.
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You know, Scooter's going to do the first separation burn; I'm going to do the second separation burn.
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Peter Jackson's instincts are extraordinary, as is his stamina.
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Sometimes you do things without knowing the plan or how many cameras. You serve the camera - that's the big difference.
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My dad died when I was 23. His death was sudden and shocking - the result of a car crash - and I never got to say goodbye.
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When you're working in front of an audience, you have incentive to excel.
