David Lynch Quotes
The business side of film has goofed up so many things, but even that's changing. It happened to the music industry and now it's happening to the film studios. It's crazy what's going on. But artists should have control of their work; especially if, as I always say, you never turn down a good idea and never take a bad idea.

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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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Catholics and evangelicals need to remain allied, and in solidarity, against the increasingly aggressive secularism of our age.
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I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war.
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When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
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The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.
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Chess was natural for me; I was extremely successful.
Garry Kasparov
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I think men, growing up, you have to go through some form of hardship. You've got to harden the metal.
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In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.
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Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, Socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy.
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Experimenting with different sounds is great, but when it comes down to it, you're still playing a guitar.
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Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.
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'Twilight's got some avid - and rabid - fans.
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In the right context, you can make ugly sounds, different sounds feel right at home.
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A noble soul and real poetic talent are almost always inseparable.
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Suppose that every prospective parent in the world stopped having children naturally, and instead produced clones of themselves. What would the world be like in another 20 or 30 years? The answer is: much like today. Cloning would only copy the genetic aspects of people who are already here.
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In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.
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People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?
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Everybody likes a compliment.
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It is the function of the novelist to reveal the hidden life at its source: to tell us more about Queen Victoria than could be known, and thus to produce a character who is not the Queen Victoria of history.
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I believe that there are certain attributes in a woman that give her some advantages over a man. Women are usually more honest, more sensitive to issues and bring a stronger sense of commitment and dedication to what they do. Maybe because they were mothers, and being a mother you have that special attention for the family, for the young, for children…
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I started out doing theater in N.Y.C.
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When you work on something that combines both the spectacular and the relatable, the hyperreal and the real, it suddenly can become supernatural. The hypothetical and the theoretical can become literal.
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Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.
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The business side of film has goofed up so many things, but even that's changing. It happened to the music industry and now it's happening to the film studios. It's crazy what's going on. But artists should have control of their work; especially if, as I always say, you never turn down a good idea and never take a bad idea.