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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Whenever you write for someone else, you're always aware - sometimes overtly, other times at an almost cellular, subliminal level - of the rules about what you can and can't do.
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We value 'stuff' quite highly. Why? Because that 'stuff' apparently matters. Not only that, we use it as a measure of how successful we are, and as a result of that, having more of this 'stuff' often determines how people treat us.
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We demand that the government of Canada force Stockwell Day to change his first name to Doris. "Why do this," you may ask? Because it'll be fun.
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When I say something, I mean it. The world needs to have a Palestinian state that is free and at peace.
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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.
