David Slade Quotes
When I was doing music videos, everybody was very snobbish about music video directors doing commercials. It was all guys from ad agencies.
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I would just die if some little girl saw me jump into bed with someone in the movies, and then she did it and got AIDS and died.
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Women are blessed with energy - a power which is unique. I have been very fortunate to have played strong women and explored their strengths through my films.
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The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.
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The vampires in the 'VAMPS' series judge each other as harshly as they judge humans, and basically, vampires don't get along very well. So you've got a culture that's from cradle to grave like the worst high school you've ever been in.
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I don't do fake. That's the first thing you should know about me. I'm not one to put on airs or change my demeanor depending on where I am or who I am talking to.
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There is an idea of democracy produced by one-sided thinking.
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Mark Twain cannot be defined.
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Really, I prefer not to read my early books. Not that I don't like them, but I don't recognize myself anymore, like an old actor watching himself as a young leading man.
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For many people, managing pain involves using prescription medicine in combination with complementary techniques like physical therapy, acupuncture, yoga and massage. I appreciate this because I truly believe medical care should address the person as a whole - their mind, body, and spirit.
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When we talk about the minimum wage, we have to ask ourselves what it is that we owe both our workers and employers. I think clearly we owe them fairness.
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This is going to sound pretentious and esoteric, but I truly mean it from the bottom of my heart. Acting has always been a spiritual journey for me. The very first project I ever acted on paralleled my experience so perfectly even before I was aware of it.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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We did an album one time called White Mansions, about the civil war, but it was written by a guy from England. His looking at it from over there and it not being a part of his history made it so he could be objective.
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Dance should mean something to you.
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Fashion is unique. It's a leveler, not a divider.
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I won't be in gay parades - I don't think they need them. I believe in class - I believe that people should have a bit of class about them.
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Long-, medium- and short-grain rices differ in the amount and type of starch they have.
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When you're rich you don't write checks.
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When you're going back to school, you want something fresh and new, and perfume is the best way to do that.
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We want young people to come forward with bright ideas; we want the women and men in our country to have jobs.
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The corporations are shoving just the worst music down everybody's throats, and I think the result of that is that nobody has any taste. They have no bar as to what is good.
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Both of my mom's parents were music teachers, so I got a lot of knowledge about everything from classical music to jazz to musicals.
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When I was doing music videos, everybody was very snobbish about music video directors doing commercials. It was all guys from ad agencies.
