David Strathairn Quotes
Film is our literature, so we should tell stories that are apropos of our culture, in that we can learn something about ourselves.
Quotes to Explore
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Listen: our culture is saturated with irony whether we know it or not.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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I see myself as a true modernist. Even when I do a traditional gown, I give it a modern twist. I go to the past for research. I need to know what came before so I can break the rules.
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As much as possible, location-specific information should not be collected in the first place, or not in personally identifiable form.
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I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
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I could go and make commercials left and right and pretend like I am a celebrity, but that is not me.
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Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.
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Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.
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Vin Scully has been my broadcasting idol for a long time. He is so humble - he has the exact same work ethic that he had 65 years ago. His family is what he cares about the most, and at the heart of his whole being is his marriage and kids.
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I'm lucky that I have my family, I'm lucky that my parents are still together. Those are the things that I cherish.
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I just want to continue with gymnastics because I'm still young and fresh. I think can get some more titles under my belt.
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There's a general culture in this country to cut all the trees. It makes me so angry because everyone is cutting and no one is planting.
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There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends.
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Rome will exist as long as the Coliseum does; when the Coliseum falls, so will Rome; when Rome falls, so will the world.
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I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.
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People like to hear me say, 'You love me, Chandler Bing. You just don't know you love me.'
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If they can go out and buy my albums, I can at least make the sacrifice to holler at the few people who call. A lot of times I'm busy so they'll get my voice mail. And if I can speak to them and I have time, I always text back. Because I think that's very important.
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Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.
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At the heart of life lies a mystery that everybody has to wrestle with. What the heck are we doing here? How does this world work, and how do I fit?
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Movies are really hard to make. You put a lot of work into them, and you want people to see them.
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If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief.
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What I love about the cinema is that you can take people on a journey without breaking the bubble. I think that, when you’re trying to make a film, you want to give this sense of going with the audience to some place neither of you have ever been.
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I'm a quarter Indian; my grandfather's originally from New Delhi.
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Film is our literature, so we should tell stories that are apropos of our culture, in that we can learn something about ourselves.
