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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It felt like a faraway place that was still home,
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When the function of libraries is put in terms of their contributions to the community, people see their centrality. The challenge to us is to continue to help them see it in those terms to describe our larger purposes. We must assert that libraries are central to the quality of life in our society; that libraries have a direct role in preserving democratic freedoms. Free access to information and the opportunity of every individual to improve his or her mind, employment prospects, and lifestyle are fundamental rights in our society.
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The narratives of Scripture were not meant to describe our world ... but to change the world, including the one in which we now live.
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I think being 50 and being me is different than any other fighter in any era.
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You cannot learn anything from success, you only learn from failure.
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Francis Bacon is one of my giant inspirations. I just love him to pieces.
