Dean Devlin Quotes
'Independence Day,' ever since we did it, there's been enormous pressure to follow it up.
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When I wrote 'Fight Song,' I was in a particular low point. I needed to remind myself to not give up, that I still believed in myself and that I still had fight left.
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I'm not going to tell the Palestinians how to arrange themselves. If they want to have their own entity and their own parliament as they do today, that's fine. If they want to connect to Jordan, which has a very big Palestinian population, and vote in the Jordanian government, that's fine.
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Properties have different characteristics, like companies, and the market throws up more opportunities because it is inefficient.
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Lyrically, I personally lean towards venting.
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Being a gal, people can be a bit patronizing. 'Oh, look at you using the computer.' They would never say that to a boy. And I don't let them do it to me.
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There is no diplomacy like candor.
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Questions that require answers are what keep readers going - and the place to start raising those questions is with your very first sentence.
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My eye is ever on those who love me.
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From Syria even to Rome I fight with wild beasts, by land and sea, by night and by day, being bound amidst ten leopards, even a company of soldiers, who only grow worse when they are kindly treated.
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One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.
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We all know how funny Morrissey is. Actually, you know what? I say that sarcastically. His songs are some of the funniest songs I've ever heard in my life. I mean, really. I mean, not that the 'Girlfriend in a Coma' is, like, really funny.
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The entirety of 'Bellocq's Ophelia' was a project, and I was interested in doing research and looking at photographs and writing about them, imagining this woman Ophelia and what her life was like and the kinds of things she thought about.
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Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.
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Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.
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I am deeply concerned with the diminution of the teaching strength of the country as a result of the disproportionately low salaries that are paid to teachers throughout the country.
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We suffered a terrible blow on 11 September 2001. We responded with fear and anger. A fight-or-flight response is adaptive in any species. For us, given our power, fight was the only response we could imagine.
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On many accounts, Cornwall may be regarded as one of the most interesting counties of England, whether we regard it for its coast scenery, its products, or its antiquities.
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I don't wanna be preached to. Unless it's in a beautiful voice, I don't want that.
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I have a particular image, and my customers know my line isn't going to be so trendy it will be out of style next year.
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The reason I wrote about women's golf is because I've helped out some with the Kathy Whitworth Cup, a tournament they have in Fort Worth every year where they invite 60 of the best junior golfers in the country and even some foreign players.
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The battle going on over gay marriage in America reveals an awful lot. The Bible belt - people hate gay people. Because the Bible tells them? No, the Bible tells them an awful lot of things that they ignore.
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Fascism was not the protector of any one class, but a supreme regulator of the relations between all citizens of a state.
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All delays are dangerous in war.
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'Independence Day,' ever since we did it, there's been enormous pressure to follow it up.
