Duncan Jones Quotes
It seems like the reason that I miss the science fiction from the late '70s and '80s is that at that period, they really were doing interesting, introspective human stories that just happened to take place in science fiction settings.
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Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.
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I like to do the splits onstage.
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Every hero becomes a bore at last.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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My readers at that time were still men of letters; but there had to be other people waiting to read my poems.
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Whenever you do a new interpretation of a great, previous text of any kind, you always look for some kind of immediate significance right now.
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Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.
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I do mixed martial arts, mainly kickboxing.
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When I was 13, I started working in a nightclub with Ray Charles. That's the greatest school in the world, the school of the streets. Ray taught me how to read in Braille. He was only two years older than me, but it was like he was 100 years older.
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Growing up, I had a very happy childhood, with two parents who are still very much together.
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I'm a warrior for the middle class.
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I don't like running when I'm holding things in my hand, whether it's a dog leash or a baby jogger. My mechanics get all messed up.
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Booksellers are the bartenders of the reading world. People share thoughts and interests they keep private from others in their lives.
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I understood early on that the freedom of America is what made our way of life possible and that we should help other people live in freedom, too.
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I wish at times I had finished school just to say I had.
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I don't know if I'd say I feel green, but I'm getting to know myself as an actor now in a way that I never did as a kid.
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Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it.
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I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect - in terror.
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I grew up in London, one of four children. We were a very loud family, not a lot of listening, plenty of talking. My mum was a hearth mother: she loved to gather us all around her - Sunday lunches were a big thing. She was very good at thinking on her feet - people used to say she should go into politics.
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One of the best places for a shy person to meet people is in a coffee shop. If you are a reader, bring a book and read it there - that gives a guy something to ask you about. Same goes for sketching, writing, or any hobby you can take with you.
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I'd come to the point where I wasn't really putting out creatively. I didn't seem to have anything to say in that period of time after the '74 tour. There was nothing definite that I wanted to record.
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The sooner the Arab children will learn that they must build their houses where they are now, as the solution is not their return to Israel, the better it will be for everyone.
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It seems like the reason that I miss the science fiction from the late '70s and '80s is that at that period, they really were doing interesting, introspective human stories that just happened to take place in science fiction settings.
