Douglas Carter Beane Quotes
When people say 'Lysistrata' has always been seen as an anti-war play, what's interesting is to not make it an anti-war play, because I actually think there are important times to go to war in this world. That's just the reality. But what's interesting is the not caring.
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There are a lot of things that I have not shared that I will never share. I do have a personal private life.
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We were talking about how old quarterbacks can't throw before 10 am... Practice starts too early for us. Wake me up in the middle of the night and I can throw. I can throw anytime.
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You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.
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Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.
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A sack is way better than any nightclub. A touchdown is way better than any bar experience I've ever had.
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I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.
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The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do.
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Our soldiers show every single day that they are more than good enough.
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I think everybody should focus on inner beauty.
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Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you're a doubles player.
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Bravo's 'Real Housewives' series isn't just entertainment for devoted fans like me - it's an entire all-absorbing universe of pride and passion.
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I have a really great family, and when I'm not filming, I go home and walk the dogs, take out the garbage, clean my room, all that stuff. My family and my friends keep me in line, and make sure I don't get crazy.
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A lot of things trigger my inspiration. It can be the most banal things.
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When decentralized blockchain protocols start displacing the centralized web services that dominate the current Internet, we'll start to see real internet-based sovereignty. The future Internet will be decentralized.
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You want to be smart. You don't want to put yourself in a position where you can't be there for the team when it comes down to the end.
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Brands who come to China, often they just care about price - so they actually drive the suppliers to cut corners on environmental standards to win a contract.
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Writing, more than any other art, is indexed to the worthiness of the self because it is identified in people's minds with emotion.
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Hip-hop in the '90s began moving towards the Nation of Islam and the 5 Percenters, black nationalist movements; very much so, these movements embraced a form of Islam: Malcom X's form of Islam prior to his change.
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It's great to be able to do shows like 'Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door,' which I think is entirely too long of a title.
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Democracy means the belief that humanistic culture should prevail.
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We do not need to end Medicare. We don't need to throw people who are younger than 55 years old to the wolves which is what we do.
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That's why 60,000 people go ape when the Stones play 'Satisfaction.' The songs are part of their legacy, and you fall back in love with them over the years.
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The people on 'Quintuplets' were great, but I wasn't a producer on that show, and it wasn't exactly my taste.
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When people say 'Lysistrata' has always been seen as an anti-war play, what's interesting is to not make it an anti-war play, because I actually think there are important times to go to war in this world. That's just the reality. But what's interesting is the not caring.
