Donald Dunn Quotes
When Elvis sang, it almost sounded like he was whispering. But after you heard the record, his voice was the strongest thing you ever heard. He was incredible.
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The great thing about writing is that it has to work without that invisible layer of the reader's added knowledge.
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Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
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There is no other way of writing a novel than to begin at the beginning at to continue to the end.
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Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.
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There is nothing, really, that I wouldn't write about, and I do write about a lot of grim things.
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I've been trying to pinpoint what keeps drawing me back to the Gulf of Mexico, because I'm Canadian, and I can draw no ancestral ties.
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Everything I do is for my parents and my family. The car is nice, the house is nice, but none of this matters without them. If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be here. I don't know where I would be, honestly.
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My soul is now her day, my day her night, So I lie down, and so I rise.
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We read deeply for varied reasons, most of them familiar: that we cannot know enough people profoundly enough; that we need to know ourselves better; that we require knowledge, not just of self and others, but of the way things are.
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When I get online, there's this cycle of anxiety and narcissism that takes over, which is the part of me that I like the least.
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My mom and dad - they were always there. They were always on the set. They focused on our family life. The entertainment business wasn't the end-all. They weren't out to get the next big paycheck or the next big movie. It was about 'What can we do as a family.'
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A nascent economy needs a transparent and accountable government and an efficient civil service to help meet social needs. Its people need jobs and a belief in their country's future. A surfeit of aid has been shown to be unable to help achieve these goals.
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Concerts every night, autograph signings, endorsements, and so on. That's not what real life is about.
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I know that I'll end up being a role model for many, many people out there for all kinds of reasons.
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Love is only one of many passions.
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Acting is a really strange thing to do; it's very strange.
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Nobody else feels the same way about your dog that you do.
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Man needs to be Saved from his own Wisdom as much as from his own Righteousness, for they produce one and the same corruption. Nothing saves a man from his own righteousness, but that which delivers him from his own wisdom.
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Unless you look like Brad Pitt, it's really hard to have full control of your character.
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Don’t confuse rescue and kidnapping. I have not asked to be rescued.
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I am a violent man who has learned not to be violent and regrets his violence.
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The good news is that . . . humans are gifted by the potential for self-awareness and intelligent choice, and knowing our circumstance is an invitation to change.
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When Elvis sang, it almost sounded like he was whispering. But after you heard the record, his voice was the strongest thing you ever heard. He was incredible.
