Daniel Gilbert Quotes
Variety improves the things that we do too often, but it rules the things that we don't do often enough.
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I think, doing a first film, at some point you get halfway through, and you wonder, 'Is this is good enough to define who I am for the coming decade?'
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In American films, Russians are often portrayed like cartoon villains without clear motivations.
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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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If I was involved with the NFL, I'd seriously consider adopting some of the rules used in Canada. I've heard, unofficially, of course, some NFL club owners have talked about adding a feature or two. The NFL went for the two-point conversion. Professional sport is entertainment, and the CFL, I believe, is ahead of the NFL in that regard.
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That's maybe the most important thing each generation does, is to break a lot of rules and make up their own way of doing things.
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Traditionalists often study what is taught, not what there is to create.
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No, there are no hard and fast rules about sources, no printed booklet to help journalists through.
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A woman can never have enough shoes.
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I've always been a fan of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. I like working with larger-than-life characters in fascinating worlds - places where the rules are different.
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I have very long, wild hair, a suntan and wear knee high boots and ignore all the rules about what you should or shouldn't wear at whatever age.
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The biggest influence? I've had several at different times – but the biggest for me was Bob Dylan, who was a guy that came along when I was twelve or thirteen and just changed all the rules about what it meant to write songs.
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I have made myself what I am. And I would that I could make the red people as great as the conceptions of my own mind, when I think of the Great Spirit that rules over us all.
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The process for producing public policy in Congress is flawed. The process itself kills policy ideas through the bypassing of the rules and procedural decisions that limit discussion.
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I worry that we're not getting enough of the news that we need to make informed judgments as citizens.
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Always try to rub up against money, for if you rub up against money long enough, some of it may rub off on you.
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Hollywood is where they shoot too many pictures and not enough actors.
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One child is never enough for a monarch.
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I had a job since I was old enough to work - since I was, like, 14.
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Let me just be very clear that the Republican Party will select a nominee that will beat Bill Clinton.
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There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.
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There is a lot of energy between Lars and James, and sometimes that energy can erupt. I know that before I was in the band, Kirk was the guy who was often in the middle, and it was important at that time. And now I feel like sometimes I'm the guy that's in the middle between not just James and Lars, but even Kirk.
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I'm worried about parents who aren't parenting.
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We just done doing The Blessed Hellride tour and Ozzfest.
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Variety improves the things that we do too often, but it rules the things that we don't do often enough.
