Del Shores Quotes
I tell stories, and I do it through writing, through acting, through my stand-up, and through directing. All the hats I wear - producing as well - ultimately, I am a storyteller.
Quotes to Explore
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
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I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.
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I have seven children by six different mothers. Maybe success was too good to me.
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When I was in the private sector, I found it immensely useful to go out and talk to customers and co-workers.
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The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.
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I grew up playing basketball and baseball. I've always been active because my dad played professional football, so sports and working out have always been a part of my life.
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It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.
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In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.'
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Today in Ukraine, many people struggle to survive, older ones often see the breakdown of the Soviet system as a loss of stability and security for average people, and therefore a certain hostility to quickly acquired wealth is from their point of view quite understandable at the first look.
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If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
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I longed to be bright and most certainly never was. I was rather hopeless, I suspect.
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What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know? I don't run it.
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In the right context, you can make ugly sounds, different sounds feel right at home.
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When I was probably 5 or 6, my mother put me into an acting, singing, and dancing class.
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For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I've been in.
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If people don't have a job, they're not too interested in how you intend for them to have a job. They want to see results.
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It was pretty much the way that it was when I first read it, although one exception would be that some ideas that I had were also incorporated into the script.
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Whiplash' was just a lucky kind of convergence of events in that I'd been trying to get a bigger project off the ground with no success for a while, and then finally, out of frustration, I just wrote this leaner, meaner, personal script about my experiences as a jazz drummer, and that's the one that wound up getting made.
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I don't know what drives me, but I wake up in the morning, and I want to participate in the creative cultural conversation.
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You know who helped me a lot? Jane Fonda. She said, Look at how many times I've been up and I've been down. So don't worry about anything.
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I tell stories, and I do it through writing, through acting, through my stand-up, and through directing. All the hats I wear - producing as well - ultimately, I am a storyteller.
