David Lynch Quotes
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The point is to change one's life. The point is not to give some vent to the emotions that have been destroying one; the point is so to act that one can master them now.
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I am not honest.
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It was inevitable at some point that I would bump into one of my father's plays. The reality of the situation is that I'm a jobbing actor, and any actor would give their eye-teeth to have one of those roles. It's a no-brainer! I'm pleased the stars have aligned around 'Arcadia.'
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Many people know that Ethiopia is poor. When I break a world record, maybe people get to know something else about Ethiopia, something good. We can't make planes or cars, we don't have the materials. We do what we can.
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Well I do think, when there are more women, that the tone of the conversation changes, and also the goals of the conversation change. But it doesn't mean that the whole world would be a lot better if it were totally run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten high school.
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We believed that to understand literature, you had to understand its place in history and culture.
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You try to do what you can to bring harmony wherever you go.
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The communication of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living.
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I would never say somebody had to vote for anybody. That would be terrible. I haven't said that.
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The chi of a room is important to me. If I walk into a hotel room and it doesn't feel right, I ask to change.
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I write all the time, even if it means recording in the hotel room. I write on the plane, anywhere, anytime I'm inspired or have ideas.
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The movie Spinal Tap rocked my world. It's for rock what The Sound of Music was for hills. They really nailed how dumb rock can be.
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At a earlier age, I was kind of into a pretty large scope or range of music from Hieroglyphics and the Hobo Junction guys and all that to like a lot of stuff that was in New York like Diamond D, Nas, Brand Nubian, of course Biggie, OC, Organized Confusion, Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Digable Planets, who I just saw recently, and they killed it.
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I had in mind a message, although I hope it doesn't intrude too badly, persuading Americans, and especially Southerners, of the critical importance of land and our vanishing natural environment and wildlife.
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I live with the fact that while I am playing, I am going to give everything I have, and I will live with those consequences.
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I'm really thankful for every experience I've had, even the ones that were puzzling or disorienting, because they taught me so much.
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It is no longer acceptable in British politics to be fat or eccentric or religious.
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I used to do a lot of casual photography - back in the olden times when one used film - but it had fallen by the wayside over the years.
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In 1975 Australia was producing things like Picnic at Hanging Rock, in other words films that I would consider still some of the finest products to come out of Australia. I think that our quality now is less than it was then.
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We were influenced by classic country acts like Merle Haggard and George Jones and Hank Williams but also by Clapton and the Stones and all the rock acts like that. I mean, what guitar player didn't start out with 'Satisfaction'?
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I'll show you some security and I'll show you some peace: Nagasaki and Hiroshima. You fuck with us and we'll fucking melt you.
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There are some people in life that you can't get over.
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Francis Bacon is one of my giant inspirations. I just love him to pieces.
