David Lynch Quotes
If we didn't want to upset anyone, we would make films about sewing, but even that could be dangerous. But I think finally, in a film, it is how the balance is and the feelings are. But I think there has to be those contrasts and strong things within a film for the total experience.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm very privy to the way bookstores work, and I think a lot about the ecosystem that my books have been published in. I think it's great to be aware of how publishing works.
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Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.
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For every person who has ever lived there has come, at last, a spring he will never see. Glory then in the springs that are yours.
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All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
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Everyone thinks their family is the craziest family in the world. Like, 'My God, my family's crazy!'
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I just take it one day at a time. Austin Powers has given me a lot of opportunities as far as my career.
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I would think about the outcome. Visualize sometimes. Because it never comes out the way you want it to. Fight the way I know how to fight. Whatever comes up, comes up.
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Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
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I had a career that was very short, but it had a lot of thrills.
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I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house.
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What's the most important thing in the world? It's love, and I look at that as an energy, not a sentiment.
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It takes one person to give you a big chance.
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I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything has happened; nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again... the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul.
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Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.
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Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach a song quite so laboriously and meticulously.
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Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must express the personality both of the writer and of the recipient.
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I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in the world it would be to be free of ambition.
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I wish I had given more time to learning classical singing.
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I'm just going to do me; I'm not trying to do the Eminem thing, the D12 thing or the 50 thing.
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Modern medical advances have helped millions of people live longer, healthier lives. We owe these improvements to decades of investment in medical research.
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'Never,' said my aunt, 'be mean in anything; never be false; never be cruel. Avoid those three vices, Trot, and I can always be hopeful of you.'
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If we didn't want to upset anyone, we would make films about sewing, but even that could be dangerous. But I think finally, in a film, it is how the balance is and the feelings are. But I think there has to be those contrasts and strong things within a film for the total experience.
