Derek Fisher Quotes
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The economics of being a playwright are abysmal. I like to think of the work I do out in Hollywood as a way to actually make a life in the theater easier.
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'The HoneyLine' is my web site and TV segments that were birthed out of the stark reality that we all need a few people to help navigate this life.
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I came to acting in a very circuitous way.
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All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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If you live in rock and roll, as I do, you see the reality of sex, of male lust and women being aroused by male lust. It attracts women. It doesn't repel them.
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I am from Karnal, India.
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As a child, I had a serious illness that lasted for two years or more. I have vague recollections of this illness and of my being carried about a great deal. I was known as the 'sick one.' Whether this illness gave me a twist away from ordinary paths, I don't know; but it is possible.
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I'm not a god - I do bad things.
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Any idealism is a proper subject for art.
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It is not the crook in modern business that we fear, but the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end.
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My home has to feel airy and bright with natural light. I don't switch on lamps until it is literally black outside.
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That's the thing with sci-fi and action roles. You have to play the danger as real. If you don't, you end up with egg on your face. You have to commit. You can't think about how stupid it might look without the special effects.
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I get ideas for my books from people I know and what happens to them, from places I've been and what happens to me, and from things I read.
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For me to be as effective as possible, I intend to sharpen those skills I need to successfully lead an organization that is growing in size and complexity with each passing year.
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I'm a working actor. I don't make my own work, so it's the opportunities that are presented to me.
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If Iraq had succeeded in spray-drying anthrax spores to extend their life and lethality, that would have been among the most important secrets of its wide-ranging weapons program.
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Honestly, when I had the idea to make 'An Inconvenient Truth,' and I was going out and raising the money, and I said, 'I want to make a movie about Al Gore's slide show, will you give me a million dollars?' People thought I was insane, looked at me cross-eyed.
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I used to love the Beatles and the Stones and I'd always want to hang out with them, even though they were about seven years older.
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Be different, stand out, and work your butt off.
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When one of my friends becomes a Christian, which happens about every 10 years because I am a sheep about sharing my faith, the experience is euphoric. I see in their eyes the trueness of the story.
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With my responsibilities comes having to manage my time more efficiently.
