David Geffen Quotes
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It is not possible, given any degree of optimism and generosity in regard to people in general, to set a time limit on creative reflection or a limitation on the number of people involved in the creation.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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Sometimes I'd like to play the bad guy and sometimes I'd like to die in a movie.
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I turned down a lot of films.
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Fashion is a language, for sure, and it is a reflection of society.
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I like playing sort-of-crazy people. There's something really, really fun about that.
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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You can't embarrass Joss Whedon, he's got no pride! He fully admits it. 'Oh, it's me. I'm little and goofy.' You can't wound his pride. He's too self-deprecating.
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If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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If you feel bored or uncomfortable as you're writing, ask yourself what's bothering you and write about that. Sometimes your creative energy is like water in a kinked hose, and before thoughts can flow on the topic at hand, you have to straighten the hose by attending to whatever is preoccupying you.
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As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.
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It's been amazing how this crazy career has been created. I feel that it's been given to me. I wouldn't be anywhere without Victoria's Secret.
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I want to be frozen on the hope that they'll find whatever I died of and bring me back.
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I'm not always angry. In fact, I think I usually go out of my way to try to find roles that don't seem to be like me.
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I am fairly classless because it is very difficult to class someone who comes from a mixed marriage.
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Two truths are all too often overshadowed in today's political discourse: Public service is a most honorable pursuit, and so is bipartisanship.
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I always consider Shakespeare like a huge room. I mean, you open the door, and you can go anywhere.
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He had Parkinson's disease for about, I'd say diagnosed for about 11 of the last years of his life. And treatment was not as good as it is now, of course. We're still going along and he died in '85 and he was 77.
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I absolutely had a dream of doing 'Man of La Mancha' one day; that's a long time ago.
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I never really make solid resolutions. I think if there's something one needs to change with oneself, it doesn't have to happen in the New Year.
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Really, every woman is an example to me, because as women we go through so much pain. We have to live this perfect life when we are messed up inside. We all go through trials and tribulations.
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We should work to guarantee that there is a midwife or health worker by every woman's side during childbirth.
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To be able to live and work in the United States is a privilege.
