Duncan Jones Quotes
Games have always presented an opportunity to escape. But they are also an opportunity to go somewhere that you come to know well.
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First, I was Bavarian State Minister of Justice, and after the ministries of justice in the various states were dissolved I became Reich Minister without portfolio.
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All training is negotiation, whether you're training dogs or spouses.
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If you're not careful as an actor, you can find yourself, at a certain point, a little bit bored.
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No decent career was ever founded on a public.
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The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.
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As scary as it is, I like making real, direct eye contact with people from the stage. In a sense, it's like modeling: that feeling of locking in and projecting some kind of emotion to try to captivate people.
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Because I've done so many different roles, I don't want to repeat myself. It's getting harder and harder to find something interesting. You never know - I might never make a film again.
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I think movies lost a lot when they went to stereo and five-track sound.
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I don't trust that many people. Just my mother and my wife and a couple of friends. When I trust people, it doesn't end well.
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Google never knew how successful key words would be. Facebook didn't know how successful Zynga would be.
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Typically, if you buy a studio with a library, their library is pretty well licensed out many years in advance, so you are not really gaining access to the programming in that way.
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2005 was a great year for me for fantastic roles that nobody saw.
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Male athletes don't get dropped when they father kids.
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Do I think Vince McMahon was looking at my matches in Japan going, 'We need him?' No. He wasn't. He's too busy. There's no way. But somebody may have been looking and going, 'All right, I like this guy. Let's give him a shot.'
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Perhaps I am not as wise as I like to think I am.
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In a democracy, you don't need anyone's permission to form a new political party, publish a politically charged article, or organize a 'tea party.' And in open markets, individuals are free to buy and invest as they see fit.
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I enjoyed history at school. I'd always had a sense of pagan England.
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I believe in God and a higher power. I'm still not the religious type per se because religion tore my family apart. I'm still a little scared and skeptical being one with any faith.
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The bright incarnate spirit of the Morn.
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There is but one straight road to success, and that is merit. The man who is successful is the man who is useful. Capacity never lacks opportunity. It can not remain undiscovered, because it is sought by too many anxious to use it.
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I don't need to air any differences of opinion in public.
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It's important to me to try and expose young people to the things they believe are off-limits to them. I tell them, 'There are no walls, only the ones we put up.' My advice to young people looking at my life is not to follow my footprint but to go out there and make their own.
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It's not about a salary, it's all about reality.
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Games have always presented an opportunity to escape. But they are also an opportunity to go somewhere that you come to know well.
