Duncan Jones Quotes
Treat the audience with respect and maturity, and have a certain faith in them to catch up.
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You must remind yourself at all times that the golf ball is nothing. It's an object. It's something to be swatted and sometimes lost and not even looked for.
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We are two brothers: I am a doctor; my brother is an engineer.
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I just fell into the job as a fashion editor at a teen magazine. I was there for two years, and I left there as a senior fashion editor at the age of 25.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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Every university in America teaches 'Clockwork Orange.' I get fed up with it.
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The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun.
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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
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Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
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I think for me, or for anyone who plays the quarterback position, it's almost an unspoken word when you think about leadership. Some guys can be a leader and be a running back or a lineman, or wide receiver, strong safety, or linebacker. But when you speak of quarterbacks, it's automatically a default that you're supposed to be a leader.
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I find end-of-the-world stuff enthralling - to imagine how life will be in the future on Earth and in space!
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I like to smile. I smile even when I'm nervous since it calms me down and shows my friendliness.
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I remember fear and I remember the potential of nuclear war.
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I was raised Jewish and bar mitzvahed.
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Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.
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I was a guinea pig for some hoodlums who thought they could hurt me and frighten me and keep other Negro entertainers from the South.
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A funny thing happens in real estate. When it comes back, it comes back up like gangbusters.
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There was a time when I desperately wanted to be part of a Yash Chopra film, not because he was a great director, but because I was an outsider and I wanted that validation of being accepted in the film industry.
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I'm a hopeless romantic with a dirty mind.
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I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot.
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I secretly wanted to act. I also wanted be a toy designer and make puppets.
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Treat the audience with respect and maturity, and have a certain faith in them to catch up.
