Douglas Feith Quotes
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I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.
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You really don't get paid in these independent movies, no matter how many people see them.
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I'm writing what comes into my head, or through me, or from somewhere else, and it is the most extraordinary, exciting thing. I love it, and I'm very greedy, and I really enjoy it!
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The guys I grew up with, my cinematic heroes, have always been men of few words, but of action. Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach.
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Whatever I think the song sounds like is what I'll name it. It's a feeling thing; it's not logical at all.
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I might literally fall over dead if I meet Oprah Winfrey. I'm kind of joking, but I'm not confident that wouldn't happen.
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It's really important, especially for young girls, to see that if you fall down, you get back up. If you get sick, you get back up. People are going to say what they want.
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To change criminal justice policy in any meaningful way means to propose changing a very longstanding system. It's not realistic to think you can do it overnight.
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Through teaching myself how to be happy and get through things, I hope I can also do that for other people.
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It was Britney's movie. I liked that movie. It didn't get too much love, but a lot of people really liked it.
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I will never regret not denouncing apartheid.
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I don't worry about chemicals. There are enough chemicals entering my body through all the fizzy drinks I consume to worry if my lip balm is 100 per cent organic.
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When I found somebody who I fell in love with, it made me feel different than I felt the rest of the day. It was electrifying. That's what inspired the 'Off to the Races' melodies. That's one of the times when you're feeling electrified by someone else and they make you happy to be alive.
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Going to film school just made me love it. Before film school, I didn't really think much of acting. I was more into making music, but going to school and learning about it every day, it made me grow profound respect for the art.
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I'm trying to make really flawed characters that have got redeeming features so people can say, 'I don't really like that character, but I can understand a bit where they've come from.'
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I've always tried to fight against, 'Oh, who's that small funny actress? Let's get her.'
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The decision to open up Bahrain to embrace all people indiscriminately was fostered in me ever since I was a child.
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The science of morality is about maximizing psychological and social health. It's really no more inflammatory than that.
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Doing good for the community is something that should be a part of who you are. The more you get, the more you should give back.
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No matter how many flaws we have, our God is so forgiving and understanding. He'll never leave you or forsake you. So that brings peace to me.
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Ultimately there is no such thing as failure. There are lessons learned in different ways.
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It is just physics - who can argue with Newton and the first law of thermodynamics?
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Songs are not better just because they're emotionally honest. To write a song well, you have to put some work into it and grind it out.
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I'm not concerned about weapons of mass destruction.
