David Hume Quotes
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And although I've been very fortunate in the film work that's come my way, I need to get back to the stage. If I'm away for a maximum of two years, I feel something's wrong.
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I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is, it makes the series limited, you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis.
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Big Business can make laws as easily as it can break them - and with as little impunity.
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There are a lot of mindless moments in my tunes.
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I'm like a sight gag.
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The worst... was what the Pakistani soldiers did to the Bengali women after their failed rebellion.
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Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic.
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I've been trying to pinpoint what keeps drawing me back to the Gulf of Mexico, because I'm Canadian, and I can draw no ancestral ties.
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How movies are financed, it's a world market now... I feel like, you know, the independent film way of working is something that was in my bones. It's like being a part of a punk band, but no one's singing punk rock anymore. Only a few bands are able to play, and Woody Allen is one of them.
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Capitalism has forced everyone to overoptimize in order to compete.
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Israel has a security concern involving geography. But geography does not have the same value it did in 1967.
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Well, I'm a writer by nature, and I got a little bit - a little taste of a daily fast-paced writing job, writing career, and I loved it.
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Why do you need to do a fancy cartwheel for before you hit him? It just looks stupid.
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All students should have the opportunity to receive their high school diplomas and be fully prepared for college or the workplace.
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For me, it's really day to day. I don't really plan ahead and I like to be excited about what I'm wearing. Being on the road all the time, it's various articles of clothing that keep me inspired and feeling good. A fun or beautiful thing to wear can change your day. I think spontaneity and not adhering to any narrow styles keep me happy.
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There used to be a time - it isn't so much the case now - that vegetarianism was some kind of religion, and either you belong or you don't belong.
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Great musicians, you don't just hear them, you feel them. When I listen to Randy Rhoads, I feel every note. I learned a lot from him.
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Every generation looks at literature through the lens of their own experience, but with the Bible, everyone gets apprehensive and thinks it'll be too stuffy.
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In the faces of men and women I see God.
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The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.
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Some characters need to be more performance-orientated; some, you have to be still.
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The rules of morality are not the conclusion of our reason.
