Dean Devlin Quotes
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The thing about markets, and I think the thing people don't understand about that, is markets are not kind, but they're very efficient. So when the marketplace determines an inefficiency in the system, it corrects that, and a market system that's left alone will reward good behavior and punish bad behavior.
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
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Feminism is dead. The movement is absolutely dead. The women's movement tried to suppress dissident voices for way too long. There's no room for dissent.
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I started wearing all black around the time I got into Nirvana. I first heard 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' when I was about 12, and I remember jumping on my bed, so excited about it.
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I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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Get me well so I can get on television and tell people to stop smoking.
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'Dr. Strangelove' was and is one of my favorite movies ever, and I just can't believe they actually blew up the world after that.
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When I arrived to study at Oxford in October 1963, the bohemian style was black plastic or leather jackets for women and black leather or navy donkey jackets for men. I stuck to cavalry twills and a duffle coat, at least for a few months.
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Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
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The song 'Innocent' is a song that I wrote about something that really, really emotionally impacted me.
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I had never done a roast, but I really wanted to, because it's so different from standup.
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I've never walked away from any of my positions. I take pride in them.
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I just think political correctness is crap.
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I'd rather go to a flea market than just about anything. It's the process I like - the same with getting dressed. If I've got someplace to be, I'll spend more time getting dressed than I spent at the actual event. Sometimes. Even in my own closet, I love to dig and search and find.
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I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?
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I realized, at a certain point, all my big people were dying. I couldn't see a clearer picture: what's the difference between me and him, of me being in a casket?
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To me, being worth it means being independent and carving your own path. The L'Oreal woman is worth it because she wants to be.
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I like the idea of R-rated franchises.
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When we were working on 'Taxi to the Dark Side,' we would purposefully not show it to certain people in the cutting room, because we would include a lot of horrible material and would need a fresh pespective. They would look at us and say, 'Are you out of your minds? You can't include that!'
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Johnson Publishing offered me an opportunity to build back iconic brands like 'Ebony' and 'Jet' magazines.
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Somehow life is bigger after all Than any painted angel could we see The God that is within us!
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I come from a Muslim family. The label 'Muslim' is one aspect of me, but it's not the only part of me.
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The days of family entertainment seem to have left us.
