Evan Daugherty Quotes
Very often, things that people may think come from the writer, very often don't. There's a lot of cooks in the kitchen when it comes to making a movie. When you hear a line of dialogue that sounds kind of tinny, it's pretty easy to cite the screenwriter. But there's a lot of stuff that goes into making a movie.
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On the other hand, all kinds of adventurous schemes to add security checkpoints to subway and bus systems have been circulating since the London attacks. This is nonsense. No one can guaranty 100 percent security.
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The questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do.
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All of these mechanisms we have for celebrating are so double-edged. So much sorrow comes out of joy.
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Investing in gold is one of the wisest decisions that you can make as an investor.
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I was too prissy, too refined, too abstemious, too French to be a good American writer.
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As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.
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Education can counteract the natural tendency to do the wrong thing, but the inexorable succession of generations requires that the basis for this knowledge be constantly refreshed.
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I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed.
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Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.
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Monks are not expected to speak about themselves; the message is important, not the person.
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We are all so busy and constantly trying to save time and balance everything.
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If you look at the various strategies available for dealing with a new technology, sticking your head in the sand is not the most plausible strategy.
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I love basketball, but I miss football every time I watch it.
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I wrote my first play as extra credit for my fourth grade English class. 'Can Helen Stop Smoking' was a satire on the ill effects of cigarette smoking. My friend Vicki Haugabrook played as Helen and I directed the show. At the time, my brother Vince was leading the campaign to get our grandmother to quit.
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Food still isn't my thing, but I've learned to respect its power and significance.
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I am definitely going to college!
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One interview would lead us to another interview, which led us to another interview. We had the questions and the idea of chonicling this moment in time. But we didn't have a movie, per se. As we started interviewing people, it started to kind of define itself.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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I'm one of those people who doesn't want to miss out on anything.
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Very often, things that people may think come from the writer, very often don't. There's a lot of cooks in the kitchen when it comes to making a movie. When you hear a line of dialogue that sounds kind of tinny, it's pretty easy to cite the screenwriter. But there's a lot of stuff that goes into making a movie.
