David Chase Quotes
Once the subject matter of rock n' roll changed from cars and pop love songs to songs about really true love and the blues and death and mortality, this light bulb went off in my head and I went, 'Oh, that's what they're doing. That's kind of - that's art.'
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There are no benefactors in Canada because there is no incentive.
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Second place is just the first place loser.
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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
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When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I'm feeling.
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I find the whole situation of confronting an audience terrifying.
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Even the most embarrassing mishap can be spun into comedic gold.
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A lot of actors and actresses pull from past experiences.
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The ability to calibrate risk doesn't happen rationally.
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Everyone is just nicer to prettier people.
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I'm not very technically minded. I mean, I don't know how to do e-mail on computers.
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I know it's surprising, but there is a generation of people who haven't seen a Bond movie. They have no idea what it is. I want to entertain them as much as anyone else.
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I want to promote the introduction of art history in primary schools and to convince the general public that, even in a period of economic crisis, arts funding is an absolute necessity at the federal, state, and local levels.
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When I go to clubs, I don't have to wait outside.
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For most of my life, I have eaten to deal with stress.
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No humorist is under any obligation to provide answers and probably if you were to delve into the literary history of humour it's probably all about not providing answers because the humorist essentially says: this is the way things are.
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A lot of people see a Nissan ad and they see a finished product in a record store or on iTunes and that's the face of the band.
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Terrorism cannot be isolated from its political, historical, and even social context.
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If I was sad or afraid, I would sit in a corner and sing. If I was happy I would jump into the middle of the room and sing. It was how I expressed my emotions.
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If we don't change our culture, the politics is going to migrate more and more to statism.
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The reflected world is the conquest of calm
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I think the first thing that I really did was 'Traffic Light,' which was more of a half-hour sitcom. And from there, I just got more comedic roles.
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Time has touched me gently in his race,And left no odious furrows in my face.
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I'm starting to get older, and began to think about mortality a little more. My mother died in 2003 and that was a big shock. When your parents start to die off, that's going to be a revelation. So for me, this album - although it might sound quite cheery - is really talking about death.
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Once the subject matter of rock n' roll changed from cars and pop love songs to songs about really true love and the blues and death and mortality, this light bulb went off in my head and I went, 'Oh, that's what they're doing. That's kind of - that's art.'
