Duncan Sheik Quotes
I try to make sure that the Buddhism is more or less implicit in the music rather than explicit.
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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We are poor, feeble, and blind mortals when the eye of the Almighty looks through all worlds and by his power executes all things aright, and by his grace, he makes us all rich in Heavenly Gifts. In distress and in bereavements, we can look only to him. From mortals like ourselves we can derive no help.
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I don't get manicures, pedicures. I don't get my hair done as often as I should.
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Science fiction frees you to go anyplace and examine anything.
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I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.
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In Australia, they really want to turn me into a religion. A religion! Can you imagine? The Church of Edna? Oh. I don't want to be over-revered.
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Though many corporations honor commitments to reduce dangerous pollution, some cut corners and cheat. The marketplace doesn't always have mechanisms to correct bad actors.
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With this business, you have to learn to go with the flow. Not being able to grow in comfort is a beautiful thing when you're uncomfortable, so just embrace it and roll with it, and you'll come out stronger.
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Purgatory fire will be more intolerable than all the torments that can be felt or conceived in this life.
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Anything - a destination, a person - that has some mystery around it becomes exciting and attractive.
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Every actor has their own process. For me, I really need to stay in the pocket. So, if I'm on set and I'm in character, I'm not thinking like a producer. If I'm on set and I'm not in character, wardrobe and make-up, and I'm just coming on set for the moments that I'm not shooting, then I'm able to be the producer.
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We're so marriage-obsessed, we think that only married people are families.
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I don't believe that human beings are necessarily monogamous.
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A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.
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Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough for serious scholarly consideration.
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Don't try to be like somebody else. You'll be miserable. You need to be yourself, and don't ever get a big head.
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I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.
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Developing a series is a next step for me.
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If there's anything unsettling to the stomach, it's watching actors on television talk about their personal lives.
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Beautiful Evidence is about the theory and practice of analytical design.
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Benefits should be granted little by little, so that they may be better enjoyed.
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I'm not comparing myself to Bobby Kennedy by any stretch, but he was opposed by the liberal establishment, too. Eleanor Roosevelt was the biggest opponent to him running.
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I try to make sure that the Buddhism is more or less implicit in the music rather than explicit.
