Douglas Wilson Quotes
It's a character I've created. Actually, that's pretty much the opposite of me, off a farm in the Midwest.
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I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.
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Art is about play and about transcendent meanings, not reducible to politics.
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Of course I get angry, but I want to use my brain a little bit and not just smash things.
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In my early 20s, I studied history and politics, and I really thought that perhaps I would devote my life to that.
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We are two brothers: I am a doctor; my brother is an engineer.
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I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
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I'm a big 'Firefly' fan. I'm a Nathan Fillion fan because of 'Firefly.'
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When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.
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Self-discovery is above all the realization that we are alone: it is the opening of an impalpable, transparent wall - that of our consciousness - between the world and ourselves.
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I was a breakdancer as a kid. I was on one of the top break dancing teams in Australia.
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If I had to do it all over, I'd be more secluded about it.
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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.
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I take nothing away from my existence in the 'hood, because it sharpened my instincts. We had a different way of living that developed our survival instincts, and I use those to this day when I make films. You can't buy that.
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Overall I enjoy a certain anonymity. I live a very normal, very ordinary life.
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I meet everybody. If somebody invites me to their house and they got a drum set close, I'm going to play, man. Let's jam. I don't care. Get in where you fit in and enjoy the experience.
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If the sun comes up, I have a chance.
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American policies toward Asians reached a nadir in 1924, with the implementation of a law that sought 'to preserve the idea of American homogeneity' and denied admission to the country to most non-whites. Immigration from Asia was banned completely, with the establishment of an 'Asiatic Barred Zone.'
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I think connecting to a character is like connecting to any human being - either you like them or you don't. You might not be able to list the reasons why you love your best friend or what attracted you to them; it's just something that you feel - a connection, an understanding, or a curiosity that makes you want to get to know them.
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The influence of a beautiful, helpful, hopeful character is contagious. ... People radiate what is in their minds and in their hearts.
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I hate thinking about clothes. I hate shopping.
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With 'Seven Deadly Sins,' there was a lot of personal stuff in there that I didn't even realize I'd been carrying around for awhile. And a lot of guilt involved, a lot of emotion, a lot of depression. Once I was done writing that book, I was able to really let go of that stuff.
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Success four flights Thursday morning all against twenty one mile wind started from Level with engine power alone speed through air thirty one miles longest 57 second inform Press home Christmas.
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It's a character I've created. Actually, that's pretty much the opposite of me, off a farm in the Midwest.
