Daisy Berkowitz Quotes
What you hear about the band is always going to be more disturbing than any particular song.
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Buildings are always better than drawings and models.
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If you're famous, you're not free.
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When you're in a songwriting class, and you write a song, and you hand it in to a teacher to grade, I'm still going to say that it's a really awesome song whether I got an A or a D. I learned to stick to my guns and take the tools as tools and not as rules.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier.
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The children of the revolution are always ungrateful, and the revolution must be grateful that it is so.
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When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.
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I always have plans to return to the stage. I leave myself very open. I think what would be more likely is if I did a limited run of something, whether it be a play or a musical.
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Hollywood is a place where they place you under contract instead of under observation.
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You have to create something from nothing.
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I've always been into older homes, even if I have to refurbish or remodel or raise roof lines or knock out walls.
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When you have an author and an auteur, it's a difficult and challenging relationship.
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Homer's work hits again and again on the topos of the inexpressible. People will always do that.
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As a writer, I had learned a lot on 'Margin Call' about embracing the weaknesses of a narrative and of a project. A story always has an inherent narrative weakness.
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You must not lean on a tree on Sabbath, if the tree might be dependent on you for support.
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You are always, always overwhelmed by positive response because you know it can go either way.
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For kids, multitasking electronically is common. But they are totally focused. You can tell a good story, and they listen.
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No matter what's happening in the Middle East - the Arab Spring, et cetera, the economic challenges, high rates of unemployment - the emotional, critical issue is always the Israeli-Palestinian one.
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In television, you are of necessity working in bits and pieces and scenes, and things are out of order, and you never can have the same sense of how will this look when it's all put together, what will the effect be.
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You can love me, you can hate me, but just don't be indifferent. Care about it enough to watch.
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What I say now is that the way the world underestimates me will be my greatest weapon. People pat me on the head, and I go to myself, oh, and aren't they going to be surprised.
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We worry about appearing awkward in a presentation. But up to a point, most people seem to feel more comfortable with less-than-perfect speaking abilities. It makes the speaker more human - and more vulnerable, meaning he is less likely to attack our decisions or beliefs.
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What you hear about the band is always going to be more disturbing than any particular song.
