David Hyde Pierce Quotes
I was as happy doing theater in New York for little or no money as I am now doing television for more money. The happiness, I guess, comes out of it being a good job. The success has to do with the fact that it's a good job that will continue.
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I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
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How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.
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I want to see one of my products being taken by people across the world. I want to see them improving and leading a better life. It's like playing God.
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The apartheid system renounces no violence.
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Smelling a crayon takes you right back to childhood. When I need to go back in time, I put it under my nose and take another hit.
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You can oppose reparations all you want, but you got to know the facts. You really, really do.
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You will encounter many distractions and many temptations to put your goal aside: The security of a job, a wife who wants kids, whatever. But if you hang in there, always following your vision, I have no doubt you will succeed.
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I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.
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Actually, I didn't make the claim that Ruby follows the principle of least surprise. Someone felt the design of Ruby follows that philosophy, so they started saying that. I didn't bring that up, actually.
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An evening dress that reveals a woman's ankles while walking is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.
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I was born and grew up in Fitzgerald, way down in south Georgia. It was a mill town and my family ran the cotton mill. My grandfather was mayor many times and my family felt deeply rooted to that spot.
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Hollywood used to control the distribution; now Silicon Valley does.
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I was getting a little bored with my hair. It's kind of a symbolic thing, just getting rid of the past, moving forward. It's amazing what a reaction you get when you cut your hair.
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I think Trump is a very interesting candidate in this sense: I think he has cross-party appeal.
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But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress.
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Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.
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I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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We are quick to stick labels on others - especially those who don't fit in with the norm. 'Harold Fry' is about a broken marriage; 'Perfect' is about a broken person. They are both about finding kindness where you least expect it.
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I liked English and art and did a lot of painting. And for some reason I was good at math, but I wasn't an A student. I really had to work hard to get good grades.
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When I entertain, I want to have fun. But I'm also a control person. I don't go in for those everyone-in-the-kitchen cooking scenes. So if I want to be with my guests, I have to do everything - or nearly everything - in advance.
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The movie industry has collapsed into two types of film - the $100 million blockbuster or the small independent film of $1 million or less - and the huge middle ground has been lost. Cable is filling that void.
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Some days, I just love the physical space of the theater. I love theaters; they are heartbreakingly beautiful to me.
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As usurpation is the exercise of power which another has a right to, so tyranny is the exercise of power beyond right, which nobody can have a right to...
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I was as happy doing theater in New York for little or no money as I am now doing television for more money. The happiness, I guess, comes out of it being a good job. The success has to do with the fact that it's a good job that will continue.
