David S. Goyer Quotes
During my career I've enjoyed re-invigorating and contextualizing classic characters that are relatable to contemporary audiences.
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Nuclear power plants must be prepared to withstand everything from earthquakes to tsunamis, from fires to floods to acts of terrorism.
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What we do for a living does not matter so much as how we do it. It is the spirit in which we do our work that counts, and that counts through all eternity.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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I fought the best; I've never been afraid of anyone.
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Once you understand that listeners want to be challenged, then you also understand that you can't take shortcuts.
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I love to cook a meal for the so-called holidays. You always need the turkey. I like making a good BBQ brisket as well.
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Banks are concerned the central bank is imposing too many regulations. If the trend continues, we'll swing to heavy regulation. We need to have balanced regulation to encourage the economy.
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Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.
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No one needs anything; they have to want it.
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I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath.
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One element of Madonna's career that really takes center stage is how many times she's reinvented herself. It's easier to stay in one look, one comfort zone, one musical style. It's inspiring to see someone whose only predictable quality is being unpredictable.
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Indian hotels are doing well globally because they understand hospitality.
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It's amazing that this is still news to people, but that affects the final outcome of the film. When people are treated well, and they're made to feel valued, they give 110 percent.
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I go on a good many adventure-type trips. Whenever I go on one, it's always potentially going to be the setting for one of my books. I pay more attention to certain aspects than some other people might. Sometimes I use them, sometimes I don't. Most of the books I write are based on experiences I've had to some extent.
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The Kardashians can be famous for being famous. What do they do? I can't figure it out.
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If God hadn't meant for us to eat sugar, he wouldn't have invented dentists.
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Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.
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We benefit tremendously from the E.U. Britain does very well in getting back E.U. money for the amount it puts in.
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The question arises whether all lawyers are the same. This is like asking whether everything that gets into a sewer is garbage.
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I don't work out a lead section and practice it for a day and then lay it down. I don't do that. The first time I do something I think is expressive or really cool, that's what's actually on the recording.
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Probably the biggest influence on my career was the late John Hersey, who, while he was at 'The New Yorker,' wrote one of the masterpieces of narrative non-fiction, 'Hiroshima.' Hersey was a teacher of mine at Yale, and a friend. He got me to see the possibility of journalism not just as a business but as an art form.
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One of these days, I'd like to put together a revue of all my music, which would probably turn into a marathon. There's a couple of hit songs from almost every phase of my career. At the same time, visually, if you don't handle it properly, it could be a cacophony of craziness, because there's just so many different kinds of music.
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Where is the expectation of privacy in the commission of a crime?
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During my career I've enjoyed re-invigorating and contextualizing classic characters that are relatable to contemporary audiences.
