Dan Gilroy Quotes
I'm often stunned when I come up over Mulholland, and I'm looking down at the Valley, and I can see for thirty miles; I can see the mountains, or all the way to the ocean.
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I like going after good material, well-written material.
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The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.
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It's easy to forget history or give it a cliff notes. The cliff notes of history. But mainly, so much of what happens in 'Eyes on the Prize' happened in Jackson, Mississippi. Jackson, Mississippi isn't really known for any other touchstone to the movement, other than Medgar Evers being killed. There were sit-ins and riots and atrocities.
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The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.
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But I did an awful lot of work in Hollywood, and in New York for that matter.
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If you go to India the roads are being built almost entirely with private sector money and by the private sector. If you look at many, many countries in Europe that's how they're doing it.
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When all are wrong, everyone is right.
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I think if a horror movie is really scary, you'll think about it for weeks, and there's something kind of fun about that - about our art, really.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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We pay taxes, and we help the city coffers.
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I love to cook a meal for the so-called holidays. You always need the turkey. I like making a good BBQ brisket as well.
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To do a really good interview, you have to be truly interested in the person.
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It is hard to look away from the swirl of media that the untimely and tragic death of Heath Ledger has engendered, and the Internet has jacked the frenzy into overdrive.
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The antagonism between the poet and the politician has generally been evident in all cultures.
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We have to believe in free-will. We've got no choice.
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I don't think I tell stories of tragedy. I think I tell stories of love. Even though you're full of tears, I hope that you leave the theatre with your heart feeling like it's going to explode out of your chest. And yes, you've been through the tragedy, but it's ultimately hope that I think you're left with.
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What men are among the other formations of the earth, artists are among men.
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War triggers unforeseeable military dynamics and sets off massive political shocks, creating new problems as well as new opportunities.
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I'm a private person. I'm shy about people knowing things.
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I didn't like the bar business.
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I'm dyslexic.
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I do warm-up but it’s not very technical. Before an hour before every show we always put on some music that everybody in the band likes. We have maybe a beer or a glass of wine and I just try to sing along to those songs that we play just to get my voice warmed up. I practice to sing as much as possible before going on stage.
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Archery is something that I took up later and didn't know I had a natural aptitude for.
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I'm often stunned when I come up over Mulholland, and I'm looking down at the Valley, and I can see for thirty miles; I can see the mountains, or all the way to the ocean.
