Daniel Alarcon Quotes
Publication in 'The New Yorker' meant everything, and it's no exaggeration to say that it changed my life.
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There is no planning. On the night it is really great, it's euphoria and if it is not so great there is always tomorrow night. That was his attitude.
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I think that it's important for every single person, no matter what they do in life, to participate in the well-being of humanity and the planet. Don't let a year go by knowing you didn't make an effort to do something - no matter how small - outside your own problems and drama.
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I've been very fortunate with my three spec scripts - which is sort of my thematic trilogy of the American Frontier. With 'Sicario', 'Hell or High Water' and then 'Wind River' - which is the third - there were no rewrites. It was the first draft for all three.
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It seems to me that unless you or someone very close to you has had a bad head injury, you really can't fathom it. You have no concept of what it is all about. It was so difficult for my whole family, not just me.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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Even as a 10-year-old, I remember trying to explain to my mother and stepfather how upset and frustrated a messy room made me. But they just couldn't grasp it. They wanted me to be playing with baseballs and frogs while I wanted to be scouring garage sales.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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The best part of being blonde is forgivable momentary lapses of common sense.
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We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
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If you're a large corporation, you can afford to pay the money to register patents, but if you're an individual like me, you can't.
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My schedule is so crazy.
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The only ones who like Milton Berle are his mother - and the public.
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I've never asked a player if they would sign my shoe.
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Any director, if you really ask them, will tell you that the toughest thing to do is like a dinner table or a dialogue scene, because you need to keep that electricity maintained throughout the course of the film.
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Green how I want you green. Green wind. Green branches.
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I always wrote about things that were important to me. I think our past success showed that it was also important for a lot of others.
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Take life slowly and deliberately, making sure to acknowledge the people who have helped you succeed along the way.
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It certainly was unusual growing up with two fairly well-known pastors as my parents.
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When a piece is done, I mix it before going on to any other piece.
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There is a strong religious commitment to the sanctity of human life, but, paradoxically, some of the most fervent protectors of microscopic stem cells are the most ardent proponents of the death penalty.
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You're going to see relationships with technology across anything that's brand. I don't care if that's in home or what you wear. I just think it's a new fact of life.
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Publication in 'The New Yorker' meant everything, and it's no exaggeration to say that it changed my life.
