David Alan Grier Quotes
I never wanted to lose out on an acting job and wonder if I hadn't been trained enough.
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I'm the C.E.O., nominated by the shareholders. If they're not happy, I have to take the consequences.
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People just don't sit down and watch shows live anymore. They DVR it. They stream it; they watch it on Netflix or iTunes.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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There had always been black people in and out of our house, and from the outset I had been taught that for them life was defined by struggle and filled with injustice.
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I love all things Christmas.
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I think happiness is a combination of pleasure, engagement and meaningfulness.
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Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you.
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
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The reality of most software development is that the consequences of failure are simply nonexistent.
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Any nominations a movie gets helps to raise the level of curiosity in the public, so in that sense awards and nominations are important.
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I remember when the palm trees were short and Tomorrowland was modern.
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If I could play drums like Patrick Carney or Taylor Hawkins, I'd be a really happy person.
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If it is true that we have a personal relationship with God, then that's enough for me.
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The Cistercians do not eat meat... Yet they keep pigs to the number of many thousands, and sell the bacon - though perhaps not quite all of it. The heads, legs, and feet they neither give away, throw away, nor sell. What becomes of them God knows.
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The only two things you can truly depend upon are gravity and greed.
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Sculpture is something you bump into when you back up to look at a painting.
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I was four when I first stood at the helm on my own.
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The common thread in all my projects is 'girls being awesome.' Can we make that a genre?
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Even the most analytical thinkers are predictably irrational; the really smart ones acknowledge and address their irrationalities.
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One way to begin to see how vastly indulgent we usually are is to fast. It is a long day that is not broken by the usual three meals. One finds out what an astonishing amount of time is spent in the planning, purchasing, preparing, eating, and cleaning up of meals.
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You can't wait for someone to discover you; you have to just get on and do it. Have confidence that directing is a very suitable job for a woman - with our gift for collaboration, listening, and reading the nuance of things.
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If you're doing your job right, some substantial group of people [is] going to be mad at you.
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I must say that though other days may not be so bright, as we look toward the future, that the brightest days will continue to be those we spent with you here in Ireland.
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I never wanted to lose out on an acting job and wonder if I hadn't been trained enough.
