David Denman Quotes
There's a lot of people in the community who are seeing a play for a first time, and that, to me, is really exciting.
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The intelligence community really is a vast bureaucratic entity, and it has been politicized in ways that are not effective for the gathering of intelligence and giving it to senior policymakers.
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People like me were supposed to be into exclusivity, unapproachable. That's what I hate most. I think it's very demode.
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I grew up in north Norfolk, which certainly used to have an enormous sense of community. There are more and more second homes there now, so I'm not sure how that has damaged it. But where I live in South London, there is a beautiful community; it's the friendliest place I have ever lived, which comes as a surprise to non-Londoners.
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I kind of just want to look like a cool French girl in the Sixties most of the time. Or TLC.
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On a personal level, there are many people who have meant a great deal to me. My father and mother were certainly of vital importance, not only in themselves but because they created a world for me to revolt against.
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For an actor, a Mamet play is definitely on the list of things you hope to be a part of before it's time to exit.
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A lot of the time we think finances are immediately linked to experience, opportunities, image, and all sorts of important things that can progress us in life. Sometimes they're not. Finances can be completely irrelevant if you allow yourself to feel like things are going well.
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Every time, I try to make something different.
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Lots of people have objections to prizes of all types, and it would be extraordinary if everybody agreed on anything that's worthwhile - they never do.
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One becomes a grandfather and one sees the world a little differently. Certainly the world becomes a more vulnerable place when one has a grandchild, or now I have two. And I think that possibly there's some tenderness that came out of just time and age and being a parent and grandparent.
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I want to be the number one songwriter-producer guy of all time.
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What could a smartphone do for me that would make people go out and buy another one?
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No, I am a crier and if people ever saw me privately they would be shocked at what a bowl of mush I am underneath it all.
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I cook mostly vegetarian vegetable and bean stews. Quinoa salads. I make my mother-in-law's recipe for chicken and barley stew all the time.
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People give us credit only for what we ourselves believe.
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Islam's not just about covering your hair. It's about how you treat other people.
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Overall when you work in fashion, you're always in a rush. You're always a little late, always in a hurry. Every single moment's important, so you never have enough time to do what you want to do. It's ridiculous.
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I like being a Baha'i who has an out-there sense of humor. God gives us talents and faculties, and making people laugh is one of mine.
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If doctors just spent more time with their patients so they felt more reassured, that might help.
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In the beginning, people think vulnerability will make you weak, but it does the opposite. It shows you're strong enough to care.
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I didn't really want to be a filmmaker, growing up. Other than Spike Lee's movies, I would think, 'Where is a place for me?' We were so damn poor that it just seemed too far beyond.
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For Americans I'll always be Israeli, and for Israelis I'll always be American. But I really have no need for definitions.
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A lot of young writers ask me about my process. They know what they want to write - but they need to know how. What's the right way? How do the professionals do it? What's the secret?
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There's a lot of people in the community who are seeing a play for a first time, and that, to me, is really exciting.
