David Duchovny Quotes
People think celebrities don't have to worry about human things like sickness and death and rent. It's like you've traveled to this Land of Celebrity, this other country.
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Nothing is over and done with. Nothing. Not even your malice.
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I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.
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Write something beautiful and honest and that makes you very proud.
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There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.
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Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.
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I don't want to become known as just a body.
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I don't feel closeted.
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I'd probably describe my sense of humor as 'twisted,' I guess. It's not hard to make me laugh, especially when I'm surrounded by my close friends, especially my bandmates.
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If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I'd still swim. And I'd despise the one who gave up.
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Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!
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I've always been creating my whole life, you know. I've just had a need to create, whether it was sculpting or writing or directing. It's just ever since I was a kid, I don't know.
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The soldier who gropes for glory must submit himself to discipline. Subordination gives strength and security to an army. He that will not submit to it when corrected and improved by the experience of ages does not deserve the proud appellation of a soldier.
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I know of some guitar-based rock bands that refuse to record anything that they can't play live. But some of the best stuff I come up with are studio-based performances - bringing out whatever accident I had in the studio and building a song around that.
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I am ashamed to run against a lady. It's demeaning, very degrading. I have always refused to argue with a lady.
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It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest.
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In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.
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When it's good, cinema can be one of the most important things in a person's life. A film can be a catalyst for change. You witness this and it is an incredibly spiritual experience that I'd never lived before; well, maybe only in a football match.
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One person seeking glory doesn't accomplish very much.
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Our elders are always optimistic in their views of the present, pessimistic in their views of the future; youth is pessimistic toward the present and gloriously hopeful for the future. And it is this hope which is the lever of progress-one might say, the only lever of progress.
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The fashion sector is very hot in New York, especially the fashion tech sector, and a lot of women have been the leaders in the industry.
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Confident people, who understand comedy, improvise so much better than people who are scared. You can't be scared to improvise. You have to know your character, and then you have to let go.
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From my dad I learned to be good to people, to always be honest and straightforward. I learned hard work and perseverance.
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People think celebrities don't have to worry about human things like sickness and death and rent. It's like you've traveled to this Land of Celebrity, this other country.
