Willem Dafoe Quotes
When I give over to somebody's vision rather than have an idea of what I need to do, it takes me to places I wouldn't have got to by myself. I'm always attracted to a strong director.
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Of course, my faith has a lot to do with being able to be public without being a public nuisance.
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I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.
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I spend my life essentially alone at a computer. That doesn't change. I have the same challenges every day.
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I do always have a wall up. But I feel by doing it, I keep myself safe.
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The rich don't win elections. They support the money, but what percentage of America are rich? What is it, 2 percent? But they all have one vote.
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The name of the game is to keep from pushing the accelerator pedal so hard that we speed up the aging process. The average American, however, by living a fast and furious lifestyle, pushes that accelerator too hard and too much.
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But I've always attracted attention, it's true, ever since I was very young.
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An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch.
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I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. Do you know what she died from? From worrying about the mental patients not being able to get their food. She became a mental patient.
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It may be added, to prevent misunderstanding, that when I speak of contemplated objects in this last phrase as objects of contemplation, the act of contemplation itself is of course an enjoyment.
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Lauren Goode and I have agreed that the next version of the Mac software - all of them are named after places in California - should be named either Bridgeport or Warwick.
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Adele's like a beacon of honesty. Doesn't compromise, goes to America and she's still the same sweary cockney.
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So somebody told me that if I wasn't a coffee drinker yet, by the end of college I'd have to be, because a math major is so tough I would have to stay up very late. I was going to need coffee to do that. Well, merely because they said that, I never drank coffee in college, never got addicted to it, never needed it.
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Court TV will always hold a special place in my heart, and I will always look back at my time there with great gratitude and affection.
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People who are truly horrible are often the most interesting people in the room. You look at them and just say, 'Why?'
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I think what's fascinating is how many people are playing in politics who maybe haven't played before.
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I feel like there's so much darkness in all of my books.
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A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
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In China, you have to have a strong leader for a business to get anything done.
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Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath.
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It always gave me the creeps when I saw performers who desperately wanted the audience to like them. That's not what I'm about.
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You can always tell you're in deep trouble when people start thinking money's real.
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The filming happens in my home, and I cook like I do at home, on my home stove with my house pots and so on. That's who I am. I am very true to my real profile.
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When I give over to somebody's vision rather than have an idea of what I need to do, it takes me to places I wouldn't have got to by myself. I'm always attracted to a strong director.
