Duncan Jones Quotes
I am absolutely of the videogames generation, starting on the Atari and Commodore 64 and the Amiga.
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May He who holds in his hands the destinies of nations, make you worthy of the favors He has bestowed, and enabled you with pure hearts and hands and sleepless vigilance, to guard and defend to the end of time, the great charge He has committed to your keeping.
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I love to make a one-pot meal - think stir-fry but in the French Fricassee. I start with what takes the longest to roast and then add vegetables, fresh herbs, and starch until the meal is complete in one shot.
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Corruption is not the sole test of your worthiness to form the government.
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I'm glad we turned into a big-time touring band later in life. In fact, it's almost like we planned it out that way.
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One thing I noticed working in the Bronx is that leaders come in the craziest places. They don't always show up at community board meetings. Sometimes it's just the guys on the corner that the boys on the block respect.
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A friend of mine encouraged me to try rapping, so I started experimenting with it, writing verses, seeing if I could fit an extra word or syllable into each line without tripping myself up.
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A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.
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I understand Tea Partyers' anger with the system, but they are in way over their heads and often racially motivated, and I can't be part of that.
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No one can look bad when you've been lit for six hours.
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Sometimes you have to understand your place.
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And then also I think it's harder for women because comedy is so opposite of being ladylike.
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I'm not really frightened by experimenting - that's the main thing. I really like mixing very old beautiful pieces that are from thrift shops or that have some historical value with quite new futuristic things.
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Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.
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I think if I had been writing fiction, where the work is entirely dependent on the writer's creativity and the potential directions the narrative might take are infinite, I might have frozen.
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I admire a lot of actors; I think a lot of them have so much talent.
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If you watch the show and the characters don't look at each other while they're talking, the actors probably aren't getting along.
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The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people, with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes.
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Thug: You're gonna give us $10,000, or we're gonna break both your legs.
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I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.
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I love playing the piano. I have one in my apartment, and I learnt by ear. I sing a lot of Coldplay, but do my own stuff too.
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Engvall is in the park flying a kite with his son.
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Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.
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If you're unable to catch it in time, the cancer can spread to the lymph nodes and at that point, the cancer is essentially incurable, but that doesn't mean your condition can't be improved.
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I am absolutely of the videogames generation, starting on the Atari and Commodore 64 and the Amiga.
