David Lynch Quotes
Don't make a film if it can't be the film you want to make. It's a joke, and a sick joke, and it'll kill you.
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I even have a Harmony Rocket and a Stratocaster with a scalloped neck back in Florida.
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The way I like to work is to attach personal experiences to what I'm doing, so it helps tremendously if I can write my own play under what the writer has written.
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The great thing about writing is that it has to work without that invisible layer of the reader's added knowledge.
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I do what I believe the Lord did, and that is walk in love with all mankind, which I don't see a lot of Christians doing. Christians can be so judgmental that it can turn off people who are considering converting. It makes me a little embarrassed, to tell you the truth, when I hear Christians criticizing others.
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The biggest killer of people is food.
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Is it written that equality between men and women means one can change sex? Obviously not.
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It was a superb agreement to end a war, but a very bad agreement to make a state. From now on, we have to part company with Dayton and try to build a modern democratic state, for which I have tried to lay the foundations.
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Jesus' own witness of sacrificial love and forgiveness, and his work to heal the sick and care for those in need, represent God's ways and vision for us.
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That's what happens in a good horror movie: there are always metaphors of greater subjects like humanity and empathy and compassion. It's not about the action and scary moments: You really care about these characters because they're mirrors of our own reflections.
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You can hit as many revolutions as you want, but women are always going to wear uncomfortable shoes that look good.
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I'm tired of being lied to by government, by the media, and by every corporation I have anything to do with.
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There is no bigger aphrodisiac than power.
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We must restrict the anonymity behind which people hide to commit crimes. As citizens, we have a right to privacy. We have no such right to anonymity.
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Writing 'We Are Never Getting Back Together' was one of the most hilarious experiences I have ever had in the studio because it just happened so naturally.
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Our laws guarantee all students the right to a K-12 education, regardless of their immigration status.
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They're trying to tell us that we're not right, so we have to buy their products. The number one cause of mental illness is not knowing who you are and you can't know who you are if you don't spend time honoring yourself, and living in the present.
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If I see Marian Keyes' books or Patricia Scanlan's books given more prominence than mine in the bookstore, I'll move mine to the front. I've told them I do this, and they've confessed to doing the same thing to me.
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So many people are concerned with being the perfect 'something.' Whether it's the perfect singer, the perfect sexy girl, or the perfect feminist. I don't want to be the perfect anything.
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Beauty may be perceived in any scene by one with sympathy and understanding. Beauty is in the mind.
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What happened? The Country got sick of it and said, Enough is enough. And all over the Country we saw springing up community organizations determined to do something about this terrible menace of drugs.
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There is no such thing as a lazy person; he is either sick or uninspired.
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I get sick all the time because I get no rest and sleep, but it's definitely worth it.
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I always loved samurai movies, and I wanted to incorporate that whole level of elegance and just the code of the samurai to 'Conan.'
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Don't make a film if it can't be the film you want to make. It's a joke, and a sick joke, and it'll kill you.
