David Ogden Stiers Quotes
Every time I hear, Cut. Print, something cold and electrical goes off in my head, because I'm never going to change that film.
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I am a story-teller, and I look to academic research... for ways of augmenting story-telling.
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We were five kids at home, and my mother and grandmother ensured that we all had a very grounded upbringing in Madras. Even in school, I never used to tell anyone that my dad was an actor.
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Where having been an actor was extremely helpful to me was in casting. That's where I think a director who has acted can really shine, and casting is the most important thing you do.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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It's more important than ever for America to rededicate itself to manufacturing at home. When we make more products in America, more American families will make it.
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My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.
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'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. 'Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.'
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As the president of Afghanistan I look at the suffering of our people as a whole.
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Remember, the choices we make today shape the people we become tomorrow.
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That's the thing with sci-fi and action roles. You have to play the danger as real. If you don't, you end up with egg on your face. You have to commit. You can't think about how stupid it might look without the special effects.
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Indeed, willingness to challenge professional economists and other experts is a foundation stone of democracy. If all we have to do is to listen to the experts, what is the point of having democracy?
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It's when children are 15, 16 or 17 that they decide whether they want to be a doctor, an engineer, a politician or go to the Mars or moon. That is the time they start having a dream, and that's the time you can work on them. You can help them shape their dreams.
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The independence project in Catalonia is... a peaceful revolution, carried out in suit, shirt, and tie.
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I failed chemistry. I almost failed algebra.
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Literary theory has become a parody of science, generating its own arcane jargon. In the process, tragically, it discourages love of literature for its own sake.
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We are not coaching on a daily basis because we often travel with our charity and commercial interests.
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I found that laughter was a form of acceptance, and I really enjoyed that and I just - I crave it.
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The movie industry is committed to working with the technology sector to find innovative new ways to deliver entertainment to consumers.
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We have this wonderful language and we don't appreciate it. That's old-fashioned me, but when I went to school, everyone had elocution lessons, not to sound posh but so you could be understood.
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It's easy to say ''no!'' when there's a deeper ''yes!'' burning inside.
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There is something strange about me. I don't ever feel at ease in a group of people. I have to fight hard to overcome my fears.
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Thank God that sow's gone to the butcher.
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In social situations, when I'm surrounded by people, I become very shy. But if there's a camera in front of me, I feel free.
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Every time I hear, Cut. Print, something cold and electrical goes off in my head, because I'm never going to change that film.
