D. A. Pennebaker Quotes
I kind of liked the idea of filming musicians. I could like a musician and know, at the same time, maybe nobody else maybe liked them much or appreciated them.

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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.
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A lot of kids are bullied because of their sexual identity or expression. It's often the effeminate boys and the masculine girls, the ones who violate gender norms and expectations, who get bullied.
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There are moments when I can't believe I'm as old as I am. But I feel better physically than I did 10 years ago. I don't think, Oh God, I'm missing something.
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The whole hardware industry has experienced the phenomenon in which every time computers get cheaper, they appeal to a new set of users; every time they get more powerful, old customers upgrade.
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I always knew when I graduated from high school, I'd go to college. I never thought about what I was walking away from... I just wanted to study literature and writing.
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Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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I've already established my (political)machinery. It's like a car. It's fixed already. You just have to get in and drive it.
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Father's Day each year makes me grateful for what my father did for me. This has little to do with our relationship, and much to do with what he taught me.
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As a woman, I've learned that having a uniform of your staples or setting your look and saying what distinguishes you - like red lips or hair or whatever - leaves so much time for the rest of the day.
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Whatever life may really be, it is to us an abstraction: for the word is a generalised term to signify that which is common to all animals and plants, and which is not directly operative in the inorganic world.
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Well, I'm a writer by nature, and I got a little bit - a little taste of a daily fast-paced writing job, writing career, and I loved it.
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Winter testing is essential but there comes a point where you have had enough of all the rehearsals and the pretend racing. You just want to get down to the real action.
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Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means.
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I don't really think about anything too much. I live in the present. I move on. I don't think about what happened yesterday.
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I believe the people of the U.S. are peace-loving people.
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People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it.
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On many accounts, Cornwall may be regarded as one of the most interesting counties of England, whether we regard it for its coast scenery, its products, or its antiquities.
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Not liking me because I'm black is so juvenile and immature, because there's many reasons to not like me.
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My favorite part is the preparation because you read on the page, you get this character.
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Addressing global resentment cannot be put off. If we do not learn to use our predominant power with great restraint, we will antagonize the world.
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I never regretted turning down anything, I never regretted losing a job because I always felt something else was out there.
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I kind of liked the idea of filming musicians. I could like a musician and know, at the same time, maybe nobody else maybe liked them much or appreciated them.