John Darnielle Quotes
It usually happens that I have multiple different projects going on at once, and one can be referencing the other.
Quotes to Explore
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This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.
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My dream role is Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion.
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You need tremendous spirituality to stop yourself falling into the abyss.
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I thought that communism, the tyranny of communism, was an abomination and I beseeched God to bring that terrible evil down and he did. It was a great triumph, it took awhile, but it happened.
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In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.
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Realizing full well that fine condition and confidence will not in themselves make a champion, it is my belief, however, that they are essential factors.
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The cliche of what a rock star is - there's something elitist about it. I never related to that. I'm an entertainer. I think of it as, you're performing for people. It's not a self-glorification thing.
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I don't want to wait 20 or 50 years for something to be done about petrochemical pollution.
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I just come from a school where you have to win something to be accepted.
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More often than not, the experience of shooting the movie has been disappointing and the end product has been a mere shadow of what I hoped it would be. But immersing myself in the story - that's what I like best of all.
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We're never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.
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All I did was ask for rights. I didn't attack anyone. I didn't harass anyone. I didn't oppose the system or the country or the authority. All I said is, 'Why can't I drive?'
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My dad was my first coach and drove me extremely hard from a very young age.
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My memory is basically visual: that's what I remember, rooms and landscapes. What I do not remember are what the people in these room were telling me. I never see letters or sentences when I write or read, but only the images they produce.
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Society tells you that when you're old you have to retire. You have to defy that.
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Gustafsson is a stud, man. He's a good fighter.
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The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition.
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A lot of the Republicans wanted exactly what Barack Obama wanted, exactly what Nancy Pelosi wanted, exactly what Harry Reid wanted, which is to raise the debt ceiling, but they wanted to be able to tell what they view as their foolish, gullible constituents back home they didn't do it.
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The art of pleasing is the art of deception.
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I was raised in New York City and raised in the New York City theater world. My father was a theater director and an acting teacher, and it was not uncommon for me to have long discussions about the method and what the various different processes were to finding a character and exploring character and realizing that character.
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Because I've done so many different roles, I don't want to repeat myself. It's getting harder and harder to find something interesting. You never know - I might never make a film again.
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It's easy to get distracted by the vaudevillian aspects of the healthcare debate.
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The people I used to be surrounded by are getting along without me. Somehow, that really bugs me.
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It usually happens that I have multiple different projects going on at once, and one can be referencing the other.
