William Devane Quotes
What I would have liked to do on that show was play a secretary of state who has huge personal business interests throughout the world. That, to me, seems to be more in synch with reality.
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I wish somebody had given me the news that ideas don't just fall on your head like fairy dust. You have to treat that like a job. You have to spend hours each day, where you're just like, 'This is the part of the day when I'm looking for an idea.'
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.
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I firmly believe that any good journalist must essentially be temperamentally an outsider. I don't think full sense of belonging and security is conducive to creativity.
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Women can drive progress towards the central goals of mine action, which aims to increase security, rebuild communities, reclaim land and end the looming fear caused by explosive remnants of war.
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I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.
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Anytime that I've felt uninspired, I don't force myself to sit down and write. I only do it when I feel the impulse.
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I'm an honest, open father.
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I used to come up with these crazy jobs to try and provoke my parents but they said, 'You can be anything you want.' So I was like, 'I want to be a garbage man' and they were like 'That's OK, we'll still love you!'
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I don't feel American. I do feel like a New Yorker. I think there's a real distinction there. A city allows you to become a citizen even when you're not a national.
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My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me.
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Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.
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When I think of the most beautiful women, they're not supermodels.
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It's nice, because after you've worked with various directors and producers enough times, they start to know your voice and what you're capable of.
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I'm a serious eater and a seriously hungry person, so I set out on that path to figure it out for myself, and of course it really resonated with other people.
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The people are more important than the food. We want a person to be as successful as he can be, and it works the other way around, too.
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I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.
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My favourite job hands down - and I think I can speak for everyone involved - was 'Breaking Bad.'
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Health and well-being, as well as how we can live in harmony with our planet, is something I'm passionate about.
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The pictures do not lie, but neither do they tell the whole story. They are merely a record of time passing, the outward evidence.
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If we wait for the entertainment industry to change its fundamental values, we may be waiting a long time. But we don't have to wait another day to scale back our own private consumption of television.
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One of the great responsibilities that I have is to manage my assets wisely, so that they create value.
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We expect that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary to further the interest approved today.
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What I would have liked to do on that show was play a secretary of state who has huge personal business interests throughout the world. That, to me, seems to be more in synch with reality.
