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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I didn't want to set up a women's studies program. I thought women should learn to operate in a coeducational atmosphere, because, especially in national security and international affairs, it's male-dominated.
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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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I'm hard on myself. I'm my biggest critic.
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I love hats. On tour, it's difficult to stop in at a barber. It's good to have a hat nearby.
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The class of the wholly propertyless, who are obliged to sell their labor to the bourgeoisie in order to get, in exchange, the means of subsistence for their support. This is called the class of proletarians, or the proletariat.
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I do think that I'm not good at making pretty things. It doesn't come so naturally for me.
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The secret of getting successful work out of your trained men lies in one nutshell—in the clearness of the instructions they receive.
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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.
