Desmond Morris Quotes
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If you're filming somebody doing something they really want to do, you're probably not very high on their list of problems to deal with. You see James Carville on the phone - he's like that whether you have a camera or not. He isn't doing it just for you, and that's hard to explain.
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We were so bad last year, the cheerleaders stayed home and phoned in the cheers.
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The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living.
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There comes a point when a dream becomes reality and reality becomes a dream.
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There's something about Marxism that brings out warts; the only kind of growth this economic system encourages.
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After realizing that we would eventually be able to build molecular machines that could arrange atoms to form virtually any pattern that we wanted, I saw that an awful lot of consequences followed from that.
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I focus on projects I am passionate about and only work with people I respect. Without these supportive teams, partners and clients, I could never work on so many things. I am fortunate that they see the value in the multiplicity of my work and how it all comes together in a kind of virtuous cycle.
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Prince and I happen to think alike.
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I don't write constantly; it's two serials and a novel a year.
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You just can't help but sort of think that your life and your career are going to go straight up, up, up.
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The Rift, which was well over a thousand pages of manuscript, took two years.
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The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
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I kind of knew it wasn't going to be until my 30s that I really hit my stride as an actor.
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Those who oppose reform will also tell you that under our plan, you won't get to choose your doctor - that some bureaucrat will choose for you. That's also not true.
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Michael John's music is soul-stirring. It gets inside the deepest part of you; it's almost a chemical reaction.
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I wanted to become an artist because it meant endless possibilities. Art was a way of reinventing myself.
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We did a lot of fight scenes in 'Hitman: Agent 47,' so you have to learn repetitious movements to music; otherwise, it's amazingly boring. Michael Jackson was our savior.
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But the challenge must be faced squarely. I believe we can overcome it through our own efforts. We must do so. They key is our national power. Take courage from our national pride and traditions, no matter how thorny the road to independence may be.
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People rich enough to redecorate every 10 months are certainly careless with antique furniture. I found four 1760 French side chairs, tapestry seats intact. Claiming them proved easier than persuading any cabdriver to transport the things.
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Talent is talent, but fashion is separate, and it shouldn't be used to judge me as a singer.
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I always find music guys writing about love. Think of something else for a change. I'm sorry, but it's been done, and it does work and it's good and all that, but I think something else would be nice.
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My mother-in-law has come round to our house at Christmas seven years running. This year we're having a change. We're going to let her in.
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I think when you really adore something, and you've grown up with it, you almost don't want to be part of it. I want to enjoy it as a fan and don't want to ruin the magic.
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Artists like cats; soldiers like dogs.
