Donald E. Graham Quotes
The rich are staying in school, and the poor are being drafted. I can't live with that.
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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Another occupation might have been better.
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One of the things Kuhn said about normal science is that people 'expect' things to be discovered.
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Filmmaking is a huge privilege; it's not brain surgery. It's art, and art is supposed to be an enjoyable process, and it is an enjoyable experience for me.
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I normally don't endorse in Democratic primaries.
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Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.
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Well, I think the world changes around you - I think you don't change. That's as simple as that.
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I want medical experiments on animals stopped. They don't do anything, and they don't work.
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For better or worse, a lot of people who build things don't want to part ways. They don't have the short exit plan that a lot of the investors have.
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A lot of movies are made to make us dream.
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I was an umpire at little league softball games. I only lasted a few games because I wasn't one hundred percent clear on all the rules.
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When I'm filming, it's in the contract - 'No kiteboarding' - ha ha.
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Facebook now is mostly about people you know. In the future it could be about people you know less but are more important.
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I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things too, like decorate or build.
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Move your lymph system. Lymph is like a sewage system that carries all of the toxins out of your body.
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Strong families are vital to strong societies.
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Prisons function by isolating those of us who are incarcerated from any means of support other than those charged with keeping us imprisoned: first, they physically isolate us from the outside world and those in it who love us; then they work to divide prisoners from one another by inculcating our distrust in one another.
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It's a really cool time for artists who want to strive for a little more depth in what they want to say to come forward. We live in a very fast world right now. We've got all this media and music which is so accessible to us, it's here one minute gone the next.
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The idea of peer critique, of talking about each other's art - I just found it so useless.
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The West wanted to avoid an Islamic state in Europe.
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My shrink said to me once when I used to get really overwhelmed and super depressed because I was really run down between kids and the company and there was just so much going on - she said, 'You know, you have to look after you in order for you to look after everybody else.'
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The rich are staying in school, and the poor are being drafted. I can't live with that.
