David Douglas Duncan Quotes
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Singing is something I can do, but it's not my first passion.
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I never was a popular kid in class.
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Modern American cinema seems to me superficial. The intention is to understand a certain reality, and the result is nothing but a photographing of that reality.
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One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things.
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When people are wrong, you've got to let them know it.
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I am a Yankees fan. I should say - have been to more Yankees games than Mets games.
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I'm a human being, and I get sick.
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I think that you do get a little extra jolt of confidence when you win an Emmy.
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I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone.
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All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.
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My mother is not educated but keeps in touch with world events through news on TV.
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Solitude is better than the society of evil persons.
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Working with Lasse Hallstroem was like a rollercoaster, because he doesn't have one specific vision. It changes daily, or it's always evolving.
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Everyone assumes it is just 'Wendy who works at Tesco' who goes to audition for 'X Factor,' and then their lives are changed, wham, like that. Me, I am someone who has tried for years in the music industry.
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I like Kahlua and ice cream as a dessert.
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When you have children, that's your main focus.
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You just never know when movies are going to take off or not. The lucky thing about this was that it didn't cost a lot of money, and therefore there wasn't loads of pressure on me.
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The District of Columbia is an extreme example of disconnect between financial input and educational outcome. Unfortunately, extreme is not the same as abnormal.
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I've been lucky to be at companies that have been at interesting intersections at the time I've been able to run them and lead them.
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People are so accustomed now to social networking. Now everybody has custom-made news for him or her. So everybody is a content maker and a content reactor.
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Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model.
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I became a student of the history of religion. I am fascinated by how religions often center on mystical experience, and in the Old Testament tradition you find flames, the burning bush.
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My parents taught me honesty, truth, compassion, kindness and how to care for people. Also, they encouraged me to take risks, to boldly go. They taught me that the greatest danger in life is not taking the adventure.
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I don't think you can impose a social order from the top down.
