Dylan Thomas Quotes
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I learn something in the interviews from time to time.
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Romeo Must Die came at the right time. It was the right vehicle for me.
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According to my royalty statements, 'The Green Progression' sold 392 copies in hardcover.
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I've got plenty of quirks. I go to an office early in the morning. Early in the morning is really good writing time. I take anywhere between six to eight showers a day. I'm not exaggerating. I'm not a germaphobe: it's all about a fresh start.
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If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end.
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I don't want to miss out on the chance of having a good time.
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The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
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What I learned from boxing and what everyone can take in real life is to follow directions, follow order. Don't give nobody a hard time.
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One becomes a grandfather and one sees the world a little differently. Certainly the world becomes a more vulnerable place when one has a grandchild, or now I have two. And I think that possibly there's some tenderness that came out of just time and age and being a parent and grandparent.
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I am a total workaholic. If I don't shoot for two days, I get uncomfortable at home. I won't comment on my personal life. That is totally out of bounds. When I do get married, everyone will know.
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The hype man's job is to get everybody out of their seats and on the dance floor to have a good time.
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I have had the most wonderful time on 'EastEnders' and I will miss you all. The show has changed my life and I want you all to continue the good work, because I'll be at home watching you.
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A holiday is when you celebrate something that's all finished up, that happened a long time ago and now there's nothing left to celebrate but the dead.
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I really hated school. I had the feeling I was losing a lot of time.
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As a young physician in the mid-'80s, caring for people who had contracted H.I.V., I lost two of my patients to suicide at a time when the virus was doing very little harm to them. I have always thought of them as having been killed by a metaphor, by the burden of secrecy and shame associated with the disease.
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I start writing with only the vaguest idea about who my characters are and what is going to happen, and the characters and plot come into existence as I go. I've tried doing it the other way, but for me, outlining is a waste of time because I never follow the outline.
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Language that is designed to dehumanize has consequences.
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Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.
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At a time when our moral standing in the world has been weakened by a rubber stamp Justice Department that placed the Bush Administration above the law, we now need someone who is objective and independent. And, make no mistake, Eric Holder is independent.
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I have noticed in every campaign that I have fought-that there is a key segment of time, somewhere between 13 and 15 minutes in which the battle is won or lost. I focus on that segment of time, and I win.
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Information technology departments must spend enormous amounts of time and money worrying about integrating big computer systems with billions of pieces of customer data.
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To them, the real United States is just flyover country.
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I think the most satisfying part about filmmaking is seeing a production in full bloom. When I write, I write in isolation.
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Time held me green and dying Though I sang in my chains like the sea.
