Brian De Palma Quotes
I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble do really good character acting, having them carry the movie as in my earlier pictures.
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All of my friends, I consider childhood friends because we met when I was probably 13, and I'm still friends with them today. It's really nice that I have that core group.
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I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
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Born to a tribal Bedouin family of nomadic desert shepherds in the region of Tripoli, Gaddafi was profoundly anti-colonialist. It is affirmed that his paternal grandfather died fighting against the Italian invaders when Libya was invaded by them in 1911.
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To be thrown onto the stand-up stage is an experience that you cannot fathom until you're actually there, because there's no place to go, and everyone is looking at you and you can't even see them because of the lights. And yet you have to manage to start talking and be funny on top of it.
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The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.
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When I grew up, my role model was my grandma because she's just the best.
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I have been fortunate to experience a wide range of characters. What more can an actor ask for?
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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We think a modern cloud lets you decide when you want to upgrade. We don't decide for you.
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Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it.
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You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
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I'm not very well known. However, the more well known you get, the more people are going to have expectations of you. Although that's great, it also imposes certain pressures.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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The physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak that you cook is actually boiled on the inside.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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There are those who believe that the value of a children's book can be measured only in terms of the moral lessons it tries to impose or the perfect role models it offers. Personally, I happen to think that a book is of extraordinary value if it gives the reader nothing more than a smile or two. In fact, I happen to think that's huge.
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Everybody, no matter what vocation they're looking at, should add music as an essential to their curriculum. Music can be a very important part of your soul and your growth as a human being. It's so powerful.
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The great thing about writing compared to life is getting to tie things up.
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The beauty about living in Atlanta is that there aren't too many paparazzi here; you can just relax. And that really works for me and my children.
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There are two ways to look at my publishing career. One is that I'm a novelist churning out books, who is eight into a series; the other way is that I'm a cartoonist, just starting out. Most cartoonists have long careers: Charles Schulz drew Peanuts for 50 years.
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It proposed that human beings, by the act of making witness, warranted times and places for their existence other than the time and place they were living through.
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"Is it possible to both want and not want something at the same time? For desire to ride with fear?
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble do really good character acting, having them carry the movie as in my earlier pictures.
