David Cronenberg Quotes
We are at a major epoch in human history, which is that we don't need sex to recreate the race. You can have babies without sex. This is the first time in human history that has been true, and it means, for example, we could do some extraordinary things.
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Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.
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The world needs some help.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.
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The horror genre is not my favorite. I think it's fun, there's a great place for it and I get a kick out of it, but some stuff I'm too old for. You can't just take 10 guys and stick them in a cabin and off them one at a time - I'm not vested.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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I hate watching myself on film because I am so judgmental.
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You can take the boy out of Bombay; you can't take Bombay out of the boy, you know.
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You can't be around Oprah and not have her influence you, and I don't mean that because she's doling out the free advice. I mean it because she is someone that leads with truth and follows her heart. She's a force.
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I think the media world is adjusting to the digital age.
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Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.
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When has stand-up comedy been kind to anyone? It goes after anyone who's the target. Comedy attacks, man.
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Don't depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don't make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things.
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MTV in general is involved with so many artists - musicians, actors, people in the fashion industry, and art world.
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I don't want to play earnest. I'd rather play somebody who's kind of sleazy. It's much more fun, especially in a comedy. You don't want to be some earnest guy who's just trying to do the right thing but can't. I want to be doing the wrong thing intentionally.
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My dad went to jail for a long time. We lost everything, and the situation never resolved itself. My parents had this sort of passionate, disastrous desire for each other - not ideal to grow up in.
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It wasn't until I set out to write a novel about marriage that I realized how little I knew about the institution.
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Bringing an end to mass government surveillance needs to be a central pillar of returning to the principles we have put in jeopardy in the early 21st century.
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There's been a lot of lies written about me.
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In the early 1970s in Atlanta, I attended what had formerly been an all-white school but had become a black school after integration and white flight. Perhaps because of this, the teachers created a curriculum that included a focus on African American literature and history year-round, not just in February.
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Productivity doesn't have to be complicated. It can be easily boosted through a manageable combination of the right tools, resources, and habits to make the most of your time.
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All my time in rehab has made me appreciate tennis more than ever.
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We are at a major epoch in human history, which is that we don't need sex to recreate the race. You can have babies without sex. This is the first time in human history that has been true, and it means, for example, we could do some extraordinary things.
