Dak Prescott Quotes
If we're doing a class project, then I'm going to be the one talking and taking the lead. I might not necessarily put all of the work in the project, but I want to help and do as much as I can and get everyone going in the right direction.
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Once Dwight Eisenhower makes up his mind, he's full of indecision.
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I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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I always played to win.
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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Art is about play and about transcendent meanings, not reducible to politics.
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I think wine is such a big universe that it's kind of like food - it's intimidating to a lot of people, myself included.
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Morality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or woman has not much to recommend it. Morality is rooted in the purity of our hearts.
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I think these people have betrayed or have forgotten their ancestors.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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I need to meet people to be able to write.
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You need tremendous spirituality to stop yourself falling into the abyss.
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A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.
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I'm not a business girl. I will never be a business girl, but I will say, for Anna Wintour, that I respect successful people; I like things that are success.
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Being physical and doing my own stunts - it is fun to do these kind of films once in a while, especially before you get too old.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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Good analysis is very useful when you want to convert a political decision into an investment. It can also go the other way and drive policy.
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I made nothing happen very slowly.
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My son has autism, and I founded the government relations department at Autism Speaks.
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I live in southern Appalachia, so I'm surrounded by people who work very hard for barely a living wage. It's particularly painful that people are working the farms their parents and grandparents worked but aren't living nearly as well.
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I talk to myself out loud at times, and feel embarrassed when people overhear me.
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I think a script is great when it starts with the structure and works with the structure without falling into the typical three-act system in which the audience is ahead of the movie. I hate that, but that is like 99% of what I read.
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How I'm portrayed in films has more to do with the filmmaking and what they need in the story than anything else. I'm the same person I've always been, I just get used in different ways according to the filmmakers' needs - which is fine with me; it makes for great films.
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If we're doing a class project, then I'm going to be the one talking and taking the lead. I might not necessarily put all of the work in the project, but I want to help and do as much as I can and get everyone going in the right direction.
