David Hyde Pierce Quotes
My dad had been an actor... not only had my dad been an actor, but his dad had been an actor, and my great-grandfather had been an actor. And who knows before then?
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When I was, like, 16, I went in to the head of Disney, and I hadn't taken acting class really at all, and I didn't know what I was doing, and it was really embarrassing. Of course, you think Disney wants over-the-top and funny, and I was just trying to be over-the-top and funny, and it just wasn't working, and that was the worst.
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Musical compositions can be very sad - Chopin - but you have the pleasure of this sadness. The cheap consolation is: you will be happy. The higher consolation is the pleasure and recognition of your unhappiness, the pleasure of having recognised that fate, destiny and life are such as they are and so you reach a higher form of consciousness.
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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
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Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be.
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The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals; but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else.
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I like the idea of being so passionate about everything I do and the fact that I might wake up tomorrow and say 'I want to be a chef,' and just pour myself into that.
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Not everyone can be successful selling fashion at $25,000 for a wedding outfit. Certain designers are able to do that. And there is only a certain amount of consumers who can do that. The real opportunity is in that $25 garment.
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
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Someone once said that you can make the choice between getting old and getting creepy, and I think getting old is the way to go.
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I'm sure I'm perceived in a more glam way. This is my breakout if you will.
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I'm a feminist in the true sense of the word. It's about equality.
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I don't ever want to be sad about my life.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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Ruby inherited the Perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. I inherited that philosophy from Larry Wall, who is my hero actually. I want to make Ruby users free. I want to give them the freedom to choose.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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A film set is the most comfortable place I could be in the world; that's what I know.
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They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills.
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I conduct business, not dependent of public sentiment, but according to the rules of fair business.
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The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.
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I have no ill will about anything.
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Endorphins are a very powerful thing.
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I think there is great interest amongst the younger people in this music. I think that there is a lot of them that are looking for interesting situations and music that is stimulating.
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An organized effort is making to deceive the people. There are two great enemies of thought and progress, the aristocracy of royalty and the aristocracy of gold.
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My dad had been an actor... not only had my dad been an actor, but his dad had been an actor, and my great-grandfather had been an actor. And who knows before then?
