Dennis C. Blair Quotes
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There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.
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Hyperrealism can create an atmosphere of surrealism because nobody sees the world in such detail.
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If I sit down to write a young-adult novel, then I'm going to write either to the punch-pulling expectation of what I can't do, or I'm going to go the other way and think about what can I sneak in to be 'down with the kids' - which would be excruciating.
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Sometimes a movie encapsulates a period or a moment in all of our lives in such a way that it never dies.
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Off camera, I am not so quiet, I have a fun time, relaxed.
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You never know what can happen in football. It's football.
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I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.
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The culture is eating nature; it's overpowering storytelling. Movies are turning into games - it's abut the image, not nuance.
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The first important movie that I did, I shaved my head for the movie. When the hair grew back, I had white hair for the first time in my life.
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Texas has waited too long for a governor who knows that quid pro quo shouldn't be the status quo. It's time for a governor who believes that you don't have to buy a place in Texas' future.
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The secret of a good marriage is forgiving your partner for marrying you in the first place.
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Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.
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The standardized American is largely a myth created not least by Americans themselves.
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I want to protect my life. I don't want my life to become a reality show.
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The enhanced features of our ad products would require sufficient understanding from our sales force, advertisers, and agencies. To facilitate this, we have held multiple training sessions internally and road show events externally.
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I am not like my image; I take my work so seriously. Everyone thinks I just bounce in, but I study and everything has to be just right.
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I love women. I'm trying to do beautiful things with them. I'm not trying to insult them. My life is not about that.
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Fortune leaves always some door open to come at a remedy.
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Comedy prepared me for drama. There are a couple techniques you can think of. One of my acting teachers said that comedy is like ping-pong, and drama is tennis. You take things a bit slower, so you do get to breathe more and take some more time.
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I get worried for young girls sometimes; I want them to feel that they can be sassy and full and weird and geeky and smart and independent, and not so withered and shriveled.
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There are six mental faculties that we have, and how we use them sets the course for our life.
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If you never take risks, you'll never accomplish great things. Everybody dies, but not everyone has lived.
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The information gained from these techniques was valuable in some instances, but there is no way of knowing whether the same information could have been obtained through other means.
