Dan Aykroyd Quotes
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I think when I first started acting there were different people who I thought, 'I want that person's career or that person's career.' And as time has gone on, it's become really clear to me what is important to me; getting the best roles, the roles that I feel are challenging and scary and that I haven't done yet.
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'Yellow Moon' was a poem. My wife at the time, Joel - she's dead now - it was our 25th anniversary. She had the chance to go on a cruise with her sister. And I'm home with the kids and looking up, and I saw the big moon, and I just started writing.
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I think there is an enormous sea change happening in the global workforce. It has a lot to do with globalization. I think that people used to have a hope for a career or meaningful employment, and its been reduced to internships, part-time work or just grossly underpaid work.
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I retire every time I'm done with a movie. Then I go back. You know, I enjoy sleep. But I love to work; it's fun for me. As long as it continues to be fun, and I'm tolerated by the people around me, I will do it.
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He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.
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Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall.
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I guess I hadn't counted on 'The Unblackening' happening to my time slot as well.
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I think that the idea that I'm writing for many more people than I ever imagined has created a certain general responsibility that is literary and political. There's even pride involved, in not wanting to fall short of what I did before.
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A mate of mine told me recently, 'It's the first time I've seen you work, Worthington.' I thought that was quite funny, but he was right.
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I have nothing maternal in me, and men want to be mothered a lot of the time.
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I like to perform live like we're all just hanging out in my living room. I'm totally casual and informal on stage.
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Well, every time I get ready to do a job I want to lose weight.
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Music is the best means we have of digesting time.
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You never know how much time you got.
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You have to fall. You have to understand what that feels like. For what I want in my life, and for where I want to go with this music, you gotta be humiliated, man. You gotta understand what that feels like. It just makes you stronger.
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Any time you're dealing with an ankle, you've got to run, you've got to cut, you've got to do all those things. It makes it tough.
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I love feminine soft shades for summers - I like pastels and bright hues, too. I like summer dresses and tank tops; I think they never go out of style. As much as I'm happy with Western wear for red carpet and social dos, I also like Indian ethnic wear for special occasions.
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This has been a trend for a long time; the days of lifetime employment are long since over.
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As a boy, I didn't need a lot of playmates to have a good time.
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Rescue someone unwilling to look after himself, and he will cling to you like a dangerous illness.
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Hopefully, I have a certain amount of what you call musical talent.
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People are probably going to realize they can live with a lot less government than what they thought they needed.
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I live in Canada in the summer and some time in the fall.
