David Duchovny Quotes
Part of being an actor is letting things come about organically as opposed to forcing them.
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In a family of all girls, I was always the 'boy' in my mind - the protector, the masculine one. No one would ever have to worry about me.
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My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard enough.
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May the work for the further development of chemical science, which has its strongest roots in this beautiful, strong and hard-working country of Sweden, continue to flourish in the future, for the promotion of culture and the benefit of mankind.
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When you make a commitment to a relationship, you invest your attention and energy in it more profoundly because you now experience ownership of that relationship.
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I definitely want people to laugh because I don't think there's a better feeling - I think it's just so fabulous to laugh. I don't mind if people think, either. I think the brain is a very sexy organ.
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This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet. Let us resolve that we will not leave our children a world where the oceans rise and famine spreads and terrible storms devastate our lands.
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My business issues are just that - business - and I deal with them like they are business.
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Preaching is the expression of the moral sentiment in application to the duties of life.
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To start with, pharma was an industry based on innovation, drug discovery.
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Yes, The Persuaders, that was great fun because one of my favourite actors is Roger Moore.
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I try to win every tournament.
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I don't think I have the assets to play the more traditional Bond Girl.
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I certainly have played women who have a pioneer spirit and longing for adventure.
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People throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have, and looking for it where they will never find it.
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What most men call their conscience is imaginary virtue switching left or right according to self-interest.
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Venture capitalists are like lemmings jumping on the software bandwagon.
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I've had my share of villains and played some fairly nasty characters. But I've been acting for so long. I started out as the girl next door. Now I'm the grandmother next door.
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Cultural values are, in themselves, neutral as well as universal, and so much depends on how individuals or ethnic groups use them. Values are influenced by so many factors such as geography, climate, religion, the economy and technology.
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We're all just memories of our future selves.
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Whenever someone comes up to me saying, 'I saw you in 'Carlos' and then I saw the rest of your movies,' for me, it's an expression that we might be doing something well. So my life hasn't changed that much. I just try not to go to very crowded places if I'm not in the mood.
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The second class of evils comprises such evils as people cause to each other, when, e.g., some of them use their strength against others. These evils are more numerous than those of the first kind... they likewise originate in ourselves, though the sufferer himself cannot avert them.
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To really be centered and to really work well and to think about the kinds of things that I need to think about, I need to spend large amounts of time alone.
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The best form of flattery is to be admired, imitated or respected. I've always felt proud our fans look up to us or feel we are inspirational.
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Part of being an actor is letting things come about organically as opposed to forcing them.
