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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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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I know it's illegal trespassing, but I don't think it's wrong.
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I haven't met a horse I didn't love. I love caring for them, cleaning them. I love doing my own tack and giving them treats.
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Luckily, I went to school at CalArts, and then ended up here at Disney, starting in the Animation Building and working my way up. I started as an animator, and then did character designing and storyboarding, and eventually, directing.
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It takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.
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I don't want to disrespect hip-hop by being something I'm not. I'm Pooch Hall. My strength is in front the camera and holding dialogue.
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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.
