Brian Dennehy Quotes
My father was a classic intellectual. From him I learned devotion, and I also learned about the life of the mind.
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Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.
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In my opinion - in Georgia, there's a town called Lula. And Lula, Georgia, has the best peaches.
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At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic.
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My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I know George Eliot better than I know my husband.
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Each dress symbolizes the age that it's appropriate for.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think.
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I had a moment where I was like, 'I'm so tired of waiting for other people to accept me.'
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I've always been extremely physical. I was a gymnast for 15 years, and then I was a dancer for nine, so I was kind of looking for these parts. But we have a tendency in Denmark not to do many action films.
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You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself.
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You have to know you can first. How comes later.
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I don't watch any horror films. I get scared very easily.
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I've been training quite hard.
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My dad's funny. He's laid back and a cool guy.
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I played ping-pong with Prince. That's pretty surreal. He gave me a lesson before we played; like, he's great. He's a master at it, so I took the free lesson.
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I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not. I'm really confused now.
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I just try to get away with as much as I can. I don't think that's very radical in the art world.
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Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
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Have you ever wondered why young people take to music like fish to water? Maybe it's because music is fun. Plan and simple. It opens up their minds to dream great dreams about where they can go and what they can do when they get older.
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A man does not show his greatness by being at one extremity, but rather by touching both at once.
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Training, that's my specialty.
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It's a cliche, but it's true that all the fun lies in baddies, grotesques and comic roles.
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We count on God's mercy for our past mistakes, on God's love for our present needs, on God's sovereignty for our future.
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My father was a classic intellectual. From him I learned devotion, and I also learned about the life of the mind.
