Jeff Duncan Quotes
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The Sundance Institute has been vital to the film communities of Latin America.
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There were wonderful moments when I was singing for the first time in the Olympia Theatre and I was pregnant with my son, which was very, very strange for a singer.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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Whether it's through introduction of the right gut bacteria or direct modification of the genes of cows and pigs, I think we're going to have to introduce something like this into our livestock - a way to consume the methane rather than releasing it.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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German writers in the late 18th century were the first to uphold a prickly, literary nationalism, in reaction to the then dominance and prestige of French literature.
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At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863.
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More than anything, there are more images in evil. Evil is based far more on the visual, whereas good has no good images at all.
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I'm a voracious reader, and I like to explore all sorts of writing without prejudice and without paying any attention to labels, conventions or silly critical fads.
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The importance of satire is bringing more people to the table. There are a lot of average citizens who aren't interested in politics and would be more interested if it's brought to them in a comedic, funny, satirical way.
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I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.
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When I was 13, I thought I was pretty hot stuff because I knew BASIC programming, self-taught on the family's Commodore 64. One of my crowning accomplishments was writing a silly little program that showed a crudely-drawn Space Shuttle lifting off in a cloud of pixelated smoke.
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It was a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it.
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People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?
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Letting the facts speak for themselves is an immoral principle when we all know that facts and figures can be selected to prove anything.
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You never know what a fool you can be till life gives you the chance.
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The original 'Hobbit' was never intended to have a sequel - Bilbo 'remained very happy to the end of his days and those were extraordinarily long': a sentence I find an almost insuperable obstacle to a satisfactory link.
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Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.
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The Japanese had, in fact, already sued for peace before the atomic age was announced to the world with the destruction of Hiroshima and before the Russian entry into war. ... The atomic bomb played no decisive part, from a purely military standpoint, in the defeat of Japan.
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The ancient sages never put their teachings in a systematic form. They spoke in paradoxes, for they were afraid of uttering half-truths. They began by talking like fools and ended by making their hearers wise.
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I could never understand why our lives felt like a struggle while those living off government largesse enjoyed trinkets that I only dreamed about.
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If you interact with anyone, ultimately, all people are the same. However they're dressed, when you're in the house with a person, they're going to be a regular human being.
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I have always been drawn to child-related causes. I find that people listen to me more when I advocate for children now that I have my own.
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Most people are generally satisfied with their representative.
