Desmond Harrington Quotes
It's a job and we're going to work together for six months, so let's have a good time.
Quotes to Explore
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If you are lucky enough to find something that you love, and you have a shot at being good at it, don't stop, don't put it down.
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So long as you create laws that define women as victims, as creatures that demand protection, that need bodyguards, you are going to perpetuate the very worst of our sexist past.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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I don't know if foreigners will take to my novels or not. It may be that my books appeal only to a particular gender or age group rather than convey a more universal appeal.
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I believe that I have been basically anarchistic, anti-religion and anti-industry and business. In other words, anti-bureaucracy. I would like to see people behave well without having to have priests stand by, politicians stand by, or people collecting bills.
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
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Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.
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'Coexist' was tough to make.
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Every artist says that he/she wants to do something challenging, and I'm not any different. If someone approaches me with a serious role, I'll be more than happy.
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I think that we, as a civilization, need to sit down and figure out how to solve political problems over a table, not over a battlefield.
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I am an observer, I like to watch people. I am into psychology and people - how they act and such.
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Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means.
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I always consider Shakespeare like a huge room. I mean, you open the door, and you can go anywhere.
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Children don't really understand the concept of health. You can't give them an apple and say 'if you eat this you will be healthy when you're older' because they don't understand. You have to find a different way to motivate them.
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The older I get, the less I know. By that I mean the less I am sure of. I view people with strong opinions on the big stuff with distrust. I don't think we should have certain certainties on faith and politics; I think we should be open-minded.
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I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat.
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I think management and technology all come into play in building a super-yacht. It is a challenge - a serious challenge.
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I hate to say it, but there seems to have been some sort of dumbing down as far as movies go.
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I think the Space Shuttle is worth one billion dollars a launch. I think that it is worth two billion dollars for what it does. I think the Shuttle is worth it for the work it does.
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In the first decade of my life, I came to know and love God, as I was raised in a Christian home and community.
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You can't just sit around and make protest albums all your life; eventually it comes to the point where you have to do something.
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If you're an artist, you need to work. It doesn't matter how old you are, who you are. It doesn't matter if you're 12: if you draw, you draw. If you're 85 and you paint, you paint.
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I'm a song and dance girl. I can act enough to get by. But that's the limit of my talents.
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It's a job and we're going to work together for six months, so let's have a good time.
