David Duchovny Quotes
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Comedy's really subjective, you know; that's why it's so hard.
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I can't get my knickers in a twist about my age and ageing in an industry that caters to the ids of 14-year-olds.
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I was very influenced by movies; I was very influenced by a world that had a sense of dream.
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All performers get on stage because they need to feel love from an audience. I might appear confident, but those three seconds before I get out there, I'm a mess. But I have to take the risk; otherwise, I'd be miserable and would feel like I wasn't seeing through my personal destiny.
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In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
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I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.
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The musket could not be aimed except in a general direction; a bow in the hands of a skilled archer could regularly hit and kill an enemy completely beyond musket range.
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Finally, I want to make the point that we are Republicans. We are the majority. It is going to be a little more difficult because we have to govern and come up with ideas.
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I have seen life from the top down and the bottom up. I know how it looks both ways. And I know there is wisdom and that there is hope.
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My partner has to have good sized bones.
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I want to expand the compassionate conservative agenda. I believe life begins in the womb, and we should protect it. But it extends to a child in Darfur or someone living in poverty.
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If you look at 'West Side Story,' a lot of those numbers are actually pretty cutty, but the cuts are always musically motivated.
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The key is a good story. If you have a good story, you have enough emotional beats that you can hit.
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Being an economist is the least ethical profession, closer to charlatanism than any science.
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The thing I don't like about detective stories is looking for criminals.
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Photography, painting or poetry – those are just extensions of me, how I perceive things; they are my way of communicating.
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I wouldn't say I was a queen. Maybe a little elf.
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I was excited to play Lil' Kim and I wanted to do the role justice. I worked really hard on that role, whether it was performing the rhymes, studying the dialect, her swagger and her stage performances. I wanted people to see my range and stretch my wings as an actress.
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I really think it is amazing that people actually buy software.
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Big dress, cocktails, party - I love that. It is my work, but my work allow me to have glamour, to wear beautiful and amazing dresses, to go to big ceremonies.
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I was always behind in class. There was people in my class who was amazing at art, amazing at maths, amazing at English, but I wasn't clever with anything, even though I tried my hardest.
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In the music business, I found it was much more about interviews, photo shoots and appearances rather than actual performing, which I do best.
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Never chain your dogs together with sausages. One must accustom one's self to be bored.
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I think Polanski's an amazing director.
