D. A. Pennebaker Quotes
We're actually thinking about distributing 'Moon Over Broadway' on-line. It's tempting, because when you go to a major studio, it's sort of like a farm, you know? They make all the money, since it's kind of a buyer's market.
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All peoples have contributed to the overall progress and enhancement of human life.
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I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
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I was a kid who had asthma and bifocals and wore sweater vests.
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I'm consistently telling stories about the value of the human condition and connectedness and things like that.
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I read Shakespeare when I was 14 because it's what we were taught.
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I do not think that it is right for me to start giving opinions about the human rights situation of any country, including Gambia, except when those crimes translate into the crimes that I have to investigate.
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Of course, individuals vary greatly within each racial group and should be treated as such.
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The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.
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If God has allowed me to earn so much money, it is because He knows I give it all away.
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I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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Your life goes on, and then your life goes on plus 'Star Wars.' It's just been an incredible time.
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I love David's attitude in the Bible. He wasn't afraid to go against the trends. He wasn't going to be defined by the opinions of others.
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Music has a tremendous effect on me. When it's playing, I can't think or do anything other than listen. But I can write to it.
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Sympathetic cracks. A term frequently used by architects and surveyors in terms of ageing houses. I know what they mean.
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I liked the people at Brown, while I really disliked most of the fellow students I had met at Northwestern.
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I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.
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One time I got dressed in all black, Rambo-style, and took a massive pair of bolt-cutters and nicked a military bike.
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I argued that the human race should have known it was in for trouble, at least we in the United States should have, given how insane our way of life had become. Minor quit blowing into his harmonica long enough to say that John D. Rockefeller and the Bush family had made a deal with the Devil going back all the way to the 1900s.
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My screenplays are very detailed. The reason they're detailed... you have to think on your feet. You have to be ready to change because there are no such things as ideal conditions.
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You never realize how short a month is until you pay alimony.
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We're actually thinking about distributing 'Moon Over Broadway' on-line. It's tempting, because when you go to a major studio, it's sort of like a farm, you know? They make all the money, since it's kind of a buyer's market.
