David Duchovny Quotes
98% of the people in the world are harmless and wish you well, but it only takes one person who doesn't. That's what you're constantly on guard against.
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Don't let nobody tell you that you can't do it. Love what you do until you don't love it anymore. Nothing's impossible.
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I'm very silly as a person, but quality silliness on-screen has more of an art to it. Harrison Ford, whom I was in 'Morning Glory' with, has mastered that dry funny better than anyone.
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I have selective hearing.
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My mother has been the greatest influence on my life, morally. When I get right down to it, my mother and father are two people I can count on no matter what.
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Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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Indie movies got co-opted by the studio system. The studios insisted that only stars could make movies successful.
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My core belief is that if you're complaining about something for more than three minutes, two minutes ago you should have done something about it.
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Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.
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I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.
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Anyone driving through London after the school term ends will notice immediately how much easier it is to get around. The school run contributes massively to congestion.
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When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
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Politicians read the polls that show 85 or 90 percent of the voters profess a belief in God, so they identify themselves with religion, often only to the degree necessary to reach the constituency they are targeting.
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I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
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I'm not more or less conscious than any other rapper out there.
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These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.
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In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away.
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I've always wanted to be my own person and stand by the things I believe in and I thought I might lose that independence if I ran for political office.
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You're allowed to rip-off another score so close that it's ridiculous. In my opinion it's ridiculous, how closely one can just rip-off a score that happened a year or two earlier.
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I think any time anybody says something nasty about you, it's hard to deal with it.
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I had many teachers that were great, positive role models and taught me to be a good person and stand up and be a good man. A lot of the principals they taught me still affect how I act sometimes and it's 30 years later.
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People in Sweden are very conscious of what people are saying about you.
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When I first took the bench, I was assigned to handle a calendar of criminal cases. It was an enormous docket. I tried in each case to make sure that the litigants not only in fact received, but also felt that they had received, a full and fair opportunity to be heard.
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98% of the people in the world are harmless and wish you well, but it only takes one person who doesn't. That's what you're constantly on guard against.
