David Alan Grier Quotes
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At first, I found the music I was making really hard to find a home for. I felt like my attitude was really British, but not the actual sounds I was making. Back in 2003, when I made 'Galang,' there were no clubs that had an 'anything and everything' attitude.
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Younger audiences are into me because I did 'Stuart Little,' and that movie was a very big deal for kids. And in 'Angels in the Outfield,' a generation of kids learned about magic and angels. And then, of course, there are these two blond girls named Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, and I played their nanny on their TV show.
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The McCain-Feingold limit on how much you give a candidate didn't really work because people found ways to get around it.
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It's like a bird. If he knew what he was doing, he would fall.
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Matte digital prints are gorgeous, don't you agree? But the glossy digital prints, I just can't stand that paper.
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I don't know what DVD commentaries are about. I'd like to strangle the person who came up with that concept.
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Fall 2013 was inspired by the 1970s equestrian lifestyle. I wanted to incorporate the moody and romantic - intricate baroque detailing and classic menswear elements - with something tougher and edgier in a nod to London's rock n' roll underground.
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Whenever I have even a spare second, I'm in the kitchen whipping up a batch of cookies. I make a mean batch of chocolate chippers.
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In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.'
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We decided we don't use the term 'fat' for me. We use the term 'juicy' for me. My wife's fine with it, but the rule is when I'm over double her weight, it's over.
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What is wine? It is the grape present in another form; its essence is there, though the fruit which produced it grew thousands of miles away, and perished years ago. So the object of many a tender thought may be spiritually present, in defiance of space - and fond recollections cherished in defiance of time.
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Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few.
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I have no doubt that Brian May would have had a brilliant career in science had he completed his Ph.D. in 1971.
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We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we are much more.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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Blackbeard is probably the most infamous pirate who ever lived. He's one of those characters for which most of your work is done before you start.
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A lapse in judgment is not a crime.
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You can't possibly predict what will last or not. But once you attempt to write for the ages, you're doomed.
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A lot of people don't trust the pitch. There's this kind of reputation it has for being untrustworthy and fickle and capricious and everything else, and those are words that big league managers and general managers and organizations aren't too fond of.
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I wish I was having as much fun as the press reports said I had.
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When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
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I grew up in a Mauritian bubble in France... I had the feeling of not belonging, but still living with French culture.
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You can only be you, and there are plenty of people out there who wouldn't have you be any other way.
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My father contracted polio on a troop train in Korea.
