David Duchovny Quotes
People always love and respect characters who speak the truth, even if the truth hurts.
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I really like using the softening cream. It helps me go out there with confidence to do what I need to do, and at the same time, it's very functional and helps keep the hair out of my mouth so I can focus on pitching.
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If you look at the scientists who really make a difference, they think boldly. They're not afraid to question what they see.
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I have always been driven; I've always wanted to be published, and I wanted to make that happen, so I worked very hard. 'Perfectionist' would be a word to describe me.
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We need to bring sustainable energy to every corner of the globe with technologies like solar energy mini-grids, solar powered lights, and wind turbines.
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I came here to tell you the truth, the good, the bad and the ugly.
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To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization.
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There is kind of an underground conservative movement in Hollywood, really.
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Obviously it's much easier to say that you're going to follow your passions when you're financially secure, but at least we can take solace in the fact that we now have the time to pursue the things that we really want to pursue because now the option of doing things just for the money isn't necessarily there.
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.
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I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.
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If you're overfishing at the top of the food chain, and acidifying the ocean at the bottom, you're creating a squeeze that could conceivably collapse the whole system.
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I am always worried that over-planning and outlining will kill the magic of writing; most of the world I created in 'California' occurred via good old sexy sentence-making.
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I know that for me, a lot of people will look at me and they'll think 'Somali' or 'outsider' instead of 'Minnesota.'
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I love rock n' rollers.
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I think that that's so true for a lot of first responder families and military families. If you ask them, 'Is there anything I can do for you?', they almost always will not ask for that help.
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I remember, as a kid, I'd follow the rooster and the chickens and watch what type of grass they'd eat. And me and my friends would eat that grass, like that was our lunch.
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I punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really suffer.
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Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'
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The art world has become so insular. The rules have become so autodidactic that, in a sense, they lose track of what people have any interest in thinking about, talking about, or even looking at.
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Unless you are Stephen King, a book signing is attended by maybe 40 or 50 people.
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If 10 years ago I was told I'd be where I am now, I would've been pretty happy.
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Even if I did have, you know, a 'Sports Illustrated' body, I'd still wear elegant clothes.
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People always love and respect characters who speak the truth, even if the truth hurts.
