David Morrell Quotes
When I started 'First Blood,' back in 1968, I was deeply influenced by Geoffrey Household's 'Rogue Male.'
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When I go to my health club, and it's in the basement, you have to take the elevator down. And this drives me crazy. Why can't there be a stairway? At least make it as easy to exercise as it is to not exercise. It's in society's interest for me to take the stairs.
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As we get more transparent with data sets about infrastructure and systems management, I have a feeling we'll see big changes in how we think about complexity and our relationship to our actions.
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When you're a caregiver, you need to realize that you've got to take care of yourself, because, not only are you going to have to rise to the occasion and help someone else, but you have to model for the next generation.
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Women with minimal access to resources and no access to child care have limited choices that too often mean low-wage and part-time labor. In rural communities in the developing world, when women farmers have unequal access to fertilizers or training, their farm productivity lags behind men.
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I hated school because I liked to daydream and the system tried to stop me from that.
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I had studied theater for three years in London when someone suggested me for the role.
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I'm going to be the next head coach at Notre Dame.
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I don't get this whole super-skinny obsession. I really think women look more beautiful when they let their curves show.
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The reason I was able to grow my business was that every day, after producing 30 minutes of wine television, I spent 15 hours a day replying to every single person's e-mail and every single person's Twitter @ reply.
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Have you ever thought that war is a madhouse and that everyone in the war is a patient?
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My uncles and my aunts were outstanding. There's just no other way to say it.
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Using official government resources to help bankroll an explicit political agenda - whether on the right or left - is flat out wrong.
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The textile industry became a huge deal in 19th century America, kind of like the tech industry is today. And that immigrant tradition continues, especially in tech, America's most dominant and dynamic industry today.
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I will never do 'Pulp Fiction 2,' but having said that, I could very well do other movies with these characters.
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We're still leaderless. We still don't have strong organizations that are fighting for us; there isn't a national AIDS organization out there worth squat in my opinion.
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I'd like mostly stuff for design, because I like to design clothing.
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I never starved myself.
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In almost every interview someone asks what does HIM stand for. I can't even remember our latest lie about that. When Hanson was hot, we said it means Hanson Is Murder. The name doesn't have a particular history. His Infernal Majesty was a totally different band. I think HIM derives from some death metal joke.
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O, what men dare do! what men may do! what men daily do, not knowing what they do.
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Raffi: Well, um, Taylor said only girls wear nail polish and so I, so I said but I'm a boy and I'm wearing nail polish, and so you're wrong!Clarice: Raffi, I'm proud of you! That was a very smart thing to say!Raffi: And then I kicked him.
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No open borders. It will create a bad attitude. Those with respect for Hazel Park Schools will be chased away.
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By the age of nine or ten, I knew that I loved history and writing. It got hold of me and never turned loose.
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When I started 'First Blood,' back in 1968, I was deeply influenced by Geoffrey Household's 'Rogue Male.'
