David Twohy Quotes
There are trappings of science fiction which I kind of embrace, but there are also cliches which I run from.
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I'm not saying anything to denigrate 'Criminal Minds'; that's a great show. I just didn't appreciate it anymore. I appreciate those people, but I realized my heart wasn't in and I needed to go because plenty of people would rip their arm off to be on that show, so they should be.
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Try letting a Kindle protect your heart from sniper fire!
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Most of the people who act and sing do so for their own pleasure and that of their friends and family.
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Movies are a big part of our Indian culture.
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I'm lucky enough to do what I like for work - not everyone's that fortunate.
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I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.
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People go to extraordinary lengths to get films made.
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I knew it would break his heart if I didn't go into the business.
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The CIA now assesses that four nations - Iraq, North Korea, Russia and, to the surprise of some specialists, France - have undeclared samples of the smallpox virus.
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Six years, I didn't act. Then I wrote myself a role - I won prizes all over the world.
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My goal, as always, is simply to inform the public about an issue that is nearly impossible for them to learn about on their own. That is my only goal as a reporter.
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I personally don't even try to compare New York and L.A. To me, they are just way too different.
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I do not want to be bored listening to music that is muffled and known only to the poet himself.
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The cool thing about reading is that when you read a short story or you read something that takes your mind and expands where your thoughts can go, that's powerful.
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If you never give up, you'll be successful.
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I stay excited 'cause for me, this is something I love to do. I'm like Coca Cola with it. I been here for a long time, I just gotta keep it nice and stay up to date and also give them that quality taste that they been looking for. It's nothing to me. When you built for it, you born for it, you do it cuz you wanna do it, not cuz you have to.
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The more that everyone has access to the same educational opportunities, the more society will tend to accept some receiving disproportionate rewards. After all, they themselves have a chance to be winners.
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Being an editor doesn't make you a better writer - or vice versa. The worst thing any editor can do is be in competition with his writer.
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You look at science fiction and look how often it talks about being alien, being alienated about the other. Look at the number of blue people - 'Avatar,' I'm looking at you. And it is now easier to find people of color in science-fiction literature and media, but the issues of representation are still really, really troubling.
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No one would want to read a book in which I explain the science of cloning because it would be very dull and it would also make no sense.
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Science trumps magical thinking: there was a reason the Incas called their mercury mine 'la mina de los muertos,' the mine of the dead. Building a life and a community upon principles that ignore such realities is doomed to fail.
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There are trappings of science fiction which I kind of embrace, but there are also cliches which I run from.
