Jacques Delille Quotes
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Since the moment I could hold a pencil, I have spent nearly all day every day writing. And there is not an age group that I have not written for. You can read me from birth 'til death.
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My dinner spot is usually in front of the TV. I'll grill a steak and whip up a salad and watch 'Hoarders'. I love it because a) I'm kind of voyeuristic, and b) every time I see an episode, I go to the one room where all my unpacked boxes wound up, and I throw out a box of stuff.
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Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows 'I am!' No one can deny his own being.
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When I see a dolphin, I know it's just as smart as I am.
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It was hard for my father to read; it took him a long time, but he had tremendous retention and tremendous appreciation for writing.
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You have plausible deniability, as they say in politics, as an author with movies. Because if the movie is terrible, you simply say they failed to catch the genius of the book.
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The pace of innovation may slow down or speed up depending on the appetite in the public markets, but the constant progress of technology doesn't really ever stop. There's always opportunities for new ideas and creative people to go build great things. I'm always interested in learning about those kinds of opportunities.
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A good actor always sets you straight. If you've written a false moment and thought it was probably pretty great, the actor's gonna show you when he gets to that moment. They're the great test of the validity of the material.
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I don't think anything's ever simple. Everyone's just trying to understand each other, and whether that's because you're in a relationship or because you're meeting their friends or because their meeting your brother or whatever it is, nothing like that is ever smooth running.
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It has been an incredible honour and privilege to serve Ontarians as their premier.
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I'd love to make a thriller.
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I've always been a very prolific writer.
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Sarcasm is like cheap wine - it leaves a terrible aftertaste.
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I'd say mostly I paint hot chicks.
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And I have a really great agent and I know it's almost an oxymoron to say you have a smart agent. But she is and she has a beautiful aesthetic and she has guided me.
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Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you.
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I can make dressing - or stuffing. Y'all call it stuffing up here, we call it dressing down there. It's really good dressing. That family recipe was passed on, and I love to make that.
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The little boy inside of all us men always loves something video game related.
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I find making trailers really frustrating, because sometimes the worst trailers are for the best movies.
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All strugglesAre essentiallyPower struggles.Who will rule,Who will lead,Who will define,refine,confine,design,Who will dominate.All strugglesAre essentiallyPower struggles, And mostare no more intellectualthan two ramsknocking their heads together.
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I think I'm an American writer writing about Latin America, and I'm a Latin American writer who happens to write in English.
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When a product is market driven, it should be able to pay for all its raw materials at market prices.
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My parents divorced. There was the usual awkward business of going between them, but I was mostly with my mother. She remarried to a Greek painter Nico Ghika, so we were always around artists and intellectuals.
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Chance makes our parents, but choice makes our friends.
