David Dobkin Quotes
I generally don't walk out of films. If I start a book, and I don't love it by page 100, I will stop reading because it's just too much of a time commitment. But you never know with a movie what's going to turn around.
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I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.
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You're never going to read 'The Wealth of Nations,' and you shouldn't, really. It's 900 pages.
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Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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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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Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
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I look a hundred and weigh 110 – you won't love me when you see the wreck England has made me.
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I like the idea of being so passionate about everything I do and the fact that I might wake up tomorrow and say 'I want to be a chef,' and just pour myself into that.
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My tennis is aggressive, though I wouldn't say that it's more physical than technical. I rely more on technique than physique, but being physical is always a help to me.
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It's a burden trying to keep a secret. It's hard. It probably takes more out of you trying to hold it and keep it than it does for you to really let it out.
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Education promotes equality and lifts people out of poverty. It teaches children how to become good citizens. Education is not just for a privileged few, it is for everyone. It is a fundamental human right.
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The latter 1940s and early '50s were a time of tense, explosive conflict, in the world at large and in the politics of our nation.
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Totalitarianism is feudalism in the twelfth century sense of the word.
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I have deep emotions about the American people. If I were to cry for anything, I would cry for them and the policies that they're about to face.
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I can't go on. I'll go on.
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I really like to sometimes go into food detox and eat very simply.
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I was never like, 'Oh, I really want to play Cinderella.' That's not necessarily always been the dream. But it's super fun to play a princess.
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Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear.
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I don't plan my roles or my films.
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I'm not an abstract artist; I leave that to others. To me, abstract art ended with Kazimir Malevich's 'Black Square.' To continue it is senseless.
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Agathon: One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace. (tr. Athen. 1912, vol. 2, p. 278) (tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus)
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Over the years, if you look at the films of people like Billy Wilder, Preston Sturges, Frank Capra, their supporting characters, even if it's a doorman with two lines, always seem three-dimensional. To me, that's a sign of good storytelling.
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I made a few records here and there by default, but I wasn't ever comfortable in that role. I wasn't comfortable on stage. We'll see how it goes this time.
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For the undocumented immigrants, the big priority is just to get out from the shadows, be able to get a driver's license, buy an airplane ticket and stop worrying about sudden deportation. But for the country as a whole, it's crucial that everybody have a citizen's stake in the nation's welfare.
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I generally don't walk out of films. If I start a book, and I don't love it by page 100, I will stop reading because it's just too much of a time commitment. But you never know with a movie what's going to turn around.
