David O. Russell Quotes
That's just how I see things. I think things that are the most dramatic or tragic can also look the most ridiculous and funny. That's part of being human.
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When I do retire, I will miss the trips with the team, the jokes with my teammates, the habits: having breakfast with them, playing with them, all the little things.
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Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.
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Without being aware, I think I was being indoctrinated into what was called Vitalism, the idea that what makes life worth living, the good life, consists of accepting challenges, solving problems, discovery, personal growth, personal change.
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During the decade following the discovery of the double-helical structure of DNA, the problem of translation - namely, how genetic information is used to synthesize proteins - was a central topic in molecular biology.
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My dad's a Jew, and my mom's a WASP, so that should pretty much say it all. It was a comically dysfunctional family.
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Detroit's industrial ruins are picturesque, like crumbling Rome in an 18th-century etching.
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I love the simplicity and freedom of running. A pair of shoes, and you are all set to explore new trails.
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Being the world's greatest athlete just does not get it done on the golf course.
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Our music has been an incredible gift to help us make a difference.
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O what is life, if we must hold it thus as wind-blown sparks hold momentary fire?
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I think that 'Lost' is a bit of a dinosaur in terms of the type of show it is. The economics just don't support making a show this big and complicated profitable enough for a network.
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I use debit cards for everyday purchases, as I don't believe in credit cards. But this has caused problems, especially with American touring, because I refuse to have a credit card - and in America you can't pay for anything on a debit card.
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The only rule is don't be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is too short to blend in.
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I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections, Or the beauty of innuendoes, The blackbird whistling, Or just after.
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As for the Canadians - good actors and good directors are sometimes taken by the American market, you know, if they're good enough.
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Whatever you build, you're building for the family - not with an eye toward getting away, but with an eye toward adding to the family pie.
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The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity.
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It's all matchups, and I knew that I matched up well against 'Rumble' Johnson.
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I went my whole life without winning anything and now all of a sudden after years of hard work my dreams were coming true all at once and I didn’t know how to deal with it. It felt like the world was changing its relationship with me but I had stayed the same.
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Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
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You think education is something to be done when all else fails?
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I think I do pretty well with child characters. It's hard to write kids that are realistic, not annoying, and bring something to the story.
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It is not so much that women have a different point of view in politics as that they give a different emphasis. And this is vastly important, for politics is so largely a matter of emphasis.
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That's just how I see things. I think things that are the most dramatic or tragic can also look the most ridiculous and funny. That's part of being human.
