Dylan McDermott Quotes
I've tried like hell to make bad movies good, and I can't. Maybe Marlon Brando has been able to do that at times. But even he has a hard time making 'The Appaloosa' a good movie.
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I believe that stories find writers, writers don't find stories. With the 'Pendragon' series, I actually had multiple story ideas and decided that instead of writing them individually, I would create a character whose journey would thread them all together.
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I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
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I volunteer with School on Wheels in Los Angeles, and I also tutor with Koreh L.A.
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Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work.
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The mullahs are part of the past in Iran, not its future. But change in Iran will come through engagement, not through confrontation.
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I'm not a performer who will come on stage and tell you everything about my life. It's just not who I am.
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I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
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I focus on supporting high quality early childhood health care and education. By betting my resources on very young children, I know I'm making an investment that pays guaranteed dividends with a high rate of return.
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There's nothing funnier than the human animal.
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I'm not afraid of heights. I rock climb. I can repel off the side of a building.
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Even though I hadn't read a word of it, I grew up hating 'Moby-Dick.'
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Every year, I say the Seahawks are going to win the Super Bowl. There's no doubt in my mind every single year. And you have to keep in mind this was well before the Seahawks were good. This was, like, 2-14, drafting-Rick-Mirer Seahawks. I would still be saying they were going to win the Super Bowl.
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I almost never set out to photograph a landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a means of recording a mountain or an animal unless I absolutely need a 'record shot'. My first thought is always of light.
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I really like to sometimes go into food detox and eat very simply.
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I understand the common man because I understand me in that regard at least.
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No connection to the average voter - Clinton has an air of superiority. Despite her wide smile and pleasant appearance, she is envisioned as someone who is trying to hide something all the time.
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They're great girls. They're very funny, they're very smart, they're fun to be with. They're very lively, as I think people can tell. And you know, they're very confident girls.
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Remember above all that mental stability comes by examining the contents of the mind, not by avoidence.
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The power of protest depends not only on how many turn out, but also on what legislative, judicial, and civil society institutions exist to enact the will of those marching in the streets.
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Growing up in the 1950s, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, boys were supposed to be athletic.
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I didn't even realize that people bought contemporary art . . . that people actually paid for it.
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I want to be the girl with the most cake.
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We have a good life when we manage to live with both satisfied and unsatisfied needs, when we are not obsessed by what is beyond our reach.
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I've tried like hell to make bad movies good, and I can't. Maybe Marlon Brando has been able to do that at times. But even he has a hard time making 'The Appaloosa' a good movie.
