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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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 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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I have enough money to last me the rest of my life unless I buy something.
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Could one live on the sense of beauty alone, exempt from the necessity of 'creature comforts,' a sea-voyage would be delightful.
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Ezra Pound was a crackpot on social and political issues, but he knew what he was talking about in matters of the written language.
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I want to do what I can lend my talents to, but I want it to be as a human being and not as a two-dimensional character.
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I've had to write a column an hour after I've come back from a funeral. A deadline is a deadline, I mean, that was just what my job was.
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Pretty much, the writer's in charge in theater. Of course you're in charge with the director, but no one can change your words. People can give you notes, but you don't have to take them. In Hollywood you take them and you cash your check and that's your job. It's very different.
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I never wanted to lose out on an acting job and wonder if I hadn't been trained enough.
