David Slade Quotes
Here I was, having done a thriller and a horror movie - why did I have the audacity to make a romantic fantasy? How can I continue to make genre films? Well, maybe I don't want to continue to make genre films.
Quotes to Explore
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Wanted: a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say 'No,' though all the world say 'Yes.'
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I'm a pretty girl who's a model who doesn't suck as an actress.
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Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.
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Today, not to take away from any of the present artists, but music has gotten a little shallow, in my opinion. Everybody's talking about the same thing: sex, money, clothes, cheating... I want to open up not necessarily better conversations, but, in my opinion, more important ones, and touch on things that are actually going on.
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A sack is way better than any nightclub. A touchdown is way better than any bar experience I've ever had.
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My work was entirely nonfiction.
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I like to look at 'A Place in the Sun' every now and get inspired by it.
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I just love France, I love French people, I love the French language, I love French food. I love their mentality. I just feel like it's me. I'm very French.
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You can take the boy out of Bombay; you can't take Bombay out of the boy, you know.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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I love surprises - champagne and strawberries, all that pampering, romantic stuff. Guys ought to know how to pamper their women properly.
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The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do.
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Working on my knowledge and education and learning how to become a more talented and wise person make me feel more sexy.
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I'm not a universalist, and the way I talk about final loss is this: People worship idols - money, whatever. Their humanness gets reshaped around the idol - you become like what you worship. That's one of the basic spiritual laws.
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People ask how could I be so conservative. Well, I was born to people raised in 1889.
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It's a tough life being a pop star. You know, at the end of the day when you've paid all the bills and put the kids through college and that, you know, there's only enough left for a small island off the South Pacific.
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I only made $200 a week and I had to buy my own bullets.
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From compassion springs humility. The ego is verily a gateway to hell. The person who is egoistic is far from being religious.
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I've been a grant seeker all my life, but when I apply for one and get it, that means someone else doesn't. I didn't want to be a part of that anymore. I wanted to contribute to that pool and make it bigger.
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It's been an absolute rollercoaster. The things I've done, I didn't even dream of doing or achieving.
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Never give up. Laugh a lot. Be good to others.
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It's weird. I don't really have goals. I just try to make sure I'm enjoying what I'm doing. Once I start to get sick of it, the next thing becomes obvious.
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Soloing was pretty easy for me because it was probably the first thing I've ever done.
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Here I was, having done a thriller and a horror movie - why did I have the audacity to make a romantic fantasy? How can I continue to make genre films? Well, maybe I don't want to continue to make genre films.
