Denis Dutton Quotes
I have seen journals with good financial backing and editorial support die because they looked so bad nobody wanted to publish them.
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I want to direct what I feel is interesting - not what is supposed to be my zone.
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I haven't written my memoirs or let the television movie be made about my life.
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Action is the foundational key to all success.
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I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
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The society Shakespeare knew was heading for tremendous change, and he seems to have recognized that and written about it in a coded way. I understand those codes, I think.
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Bitcoin is here to stay. There would be a hacker uproar to anyone who attempted to take credit for the patent of cryptocurrency. And I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of hacker fury.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.
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Why do you think so many actors are only half-developed people? It's very easy when you're a young actor to have these intense, explosive friendships for short periods of time, because you can control what's shown of you. Then you go on to your next job and reinvent yourself again. I think it's important to find something constant.
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I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.
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I think I am difficult to satisfy, because when I win something, I'm already thinking about the next step, and that is maybe a problem for me. I'm not enjoying the moment. I'm already on the mission to win the next trophy.
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Part of what made 'The Bling Ring' such a fun, freeing experience was that we got to wear these really over-the-top clothes we'd never pick in real life - like for the nightclub scenes, we'd have on these really short, really tight dresses. But you know what - I actually learned how to walk in heels on that set!
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I would like to thank my colleagues for voting a Social Democrat prime minister and to assure them I will vote a liberal president, as well.
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When I started to pick up the bass, it was purely by random chance.
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I never thought for a second that anything I ever did was going to make someone cringe. That never occurred to me.
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When I had my first child, I started to try and make fresh food for him daily, and I became frustrated with the amount of work - and time - involved in making baby food at home.
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In the tight belly of the dead, Burrow with hungry head, And inlay maggots like a jewel.
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How it happened that Mastro Cherry, carpenter, found a piece of wood that wept and laughed like a child.
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Don't get me wrong – I've gone to a club. But I'd much rather be with my close friends at home or a concert, or on a trip. I'll go dancing with my grandma. She likes to cut a rug!
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You have to search for the best writer - I'm not saying I'm the one, but it's a bad idea to just find the person who is a copycat of Stieg Larsson.
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The absence of marriages will result in all kinds of financial burdens that gay people wouldn't face if they could get married.
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During events like the World Cup and the Olympics, I tend to get really wrapped up in my own experience to stay focused, but it's like a bubble. I don't see much outside my own perspective.
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I feel blessed. I never wanted to be an actor. It just happened all by chance and fate. I was studying to be a teacher.
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I have seen journals with good financial backing and editorial support die because they looked so bad nobody wanted to publish them.
