David Carson Quotes
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I believe journalism or news will migrate to the online medium.
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My first published work was when I was 19, in 'Playgirl.' It was an odd experience but exciting.
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Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don't manage that - but when an opera does do it, you never forget it.
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To play four hands requires two people who have great affinity for each other.
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When you're mid-season, in very intense situations, it's hard not to take that home with you. Especially when you're sleeping, you can't control what you dream about. And it sneaks into the unconscious.
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One Hundred Year Starship really is about the idea that is we pursue an extraordinary tomorrow; we'll build a better world today.
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But I think the thing I'm proud of about the film is that there aren't many films - either independent films or mainstream Hollywood films - that are like this; it's of its own times, and it's the film Mike Nichols wanted to make.
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People win Oscars, and then it seems like they fall off the planet. And that's partly because a huge expectation walks in the room and sits right down on top of your head. The moment I won the Oscar, I felt the teardown the very next day.
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Have common sense and stick to the point.
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I would rather not have contentious interviews. I'd rather do 30 minutes with Charlie Rose, laid back in a La-Z-Boy chair.
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Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid.
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I have to arrange my life very carefully. I need eight hours' sleep to work.
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The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.
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I don't think there is anything magical about the language of flowers in real life or in my book.
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I'm very obsessed with not being perfect.
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I cried when I heard Johnny Carson died.
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Just because something is three months away and seems far off, doesn't mean you will want to be there when the time comes.
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From the time I was 16 to really up until turning 21, the roles were really, really few and far between. I had people say that I just wasn't a good singer. They didn't know what to do with me; I would never fit in any markets. I almost quit acting altogether.
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It's hard to understand how you arrive at a design. It's far too complicated to get any overall picture of.
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Consumers around the world always want something unexpected and exciting, and that's what drives me. I love the challenge of reinterpreting my designs in new ways each season to keep the "prep look" modern and fresh.
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To know nothing is the happiest life.
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Back when we started, people didn't even know what a submarine sandwich was. The product was only sold in a few markets.
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I was not a big comic-book reader.
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The dreaded phrase in design circles is 'show and tell.'
