David Douglas Duncan Quotes
After I left the Marines in '46, I wanted to stay in the Marines; I was very happy - I loved that life.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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Not all ideas will be accepted, but every idea deserves its own space, and every idea deserves to be expressed.
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I dread shooting with animals. I hope I never get a script with snakes.
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My emergence has been slow and steady, I would say. I think I've improved every single year. I keep getting better; I keep getting fitter, sharper - and I'm not stopping.
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Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned.
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'Dangerous' is an album that I was very dedicated to. I wanted every song to be a hit.
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Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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I know this sounds terribly shallow, but I've been mapping out my outfits for the next day every day since I was little, even before high school.
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Beauty is also submitted to the taste of time, so a beautiful woman from the Belle Epoch is not exactly the perfect beauty of today, so beauty is something that changes with time.
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I've always been extremely physical. I was a gymnast for 15 years, and then I was a dancer for nine, so I was kind of looking for these parts. But we have a tendency in Denmark not to do many action films.
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I do or die, but I never cancel out.
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The big things I've had are things I bought myself.
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Through this experience we have been warned - learn everything, don't forget anything!
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People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.
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We are not in the regime of Aurangzeb. We are in the regime of rule of law. When rule of law is concerned, it applies to government, it applies to Supreme Court, it applies to everybody.
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I'm easy to hate. I get it.
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The real debate is, when does life begin? When life begins, it deserves protection.
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I've written some happy songs but I can't ever play them in public because everybody will just start throwing up.
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You do your best work if you do a job that makes you happy.
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Sometimes my arm wants to throw a hard fastball, but my brain doesn't want to throw it that hard.
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The honest man might observe... that no one gets something for nothing; that politicians go in poor and go out rich; that the Government screws up everything it touches; and that the Will to Believe is best confined to the Religious Venue, as to practice it elsewhere is just too damned expensive.
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After I left the Marines in '46, I wanted to stay in the Marines; I was very happy - I loved that life.
