Daniel Dennett Quotes
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'Heroes' really changed the game for me in a way that nothing before it had.
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The natural world is often bleak, but the language devoted to it is as careful as needlepoint and prophetic as well.
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I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is, it makes the series limited, you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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I'm a huge fan of 'Eastbound & Down.' It's one of my favorite shows.
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A filmmaker can never be distant from his roots.
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You have to interpret what's hot to make it work on yourself. If tweed suits are in, but you're not a suit kind of girl, wear the jacket with jeans and a pair of Converses.
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I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done an American accent before, so they rely on a slew of technical mechanisms. Part of what makes an accent is understanding why people speak that way - you have to understand the culture.
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If you take away the gift of reading, you create the gift of listening.
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To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
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Job-wise, I did have a moment of panic that I should have been a doctor a few years ago, but I hate when people vomit.
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Any film is about heroism: the triumph of good over evil. If you look back at my films, you will see that as a recurring theme.
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Usually people are questioning my athleticism more than my femininity!
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I've never necessarily chosen to be a bachelor. I've had girlfriends throughout the last 20 or 30 years. It's just that there were times when I met people that fascinated me and times I didn't.
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I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations.
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People trash talk me.
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I believe the Thai people are patient, and the people at least give me a chance to prove my ability to help them.
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Even successful musicians have had periods where people say they suck and no one likes them, even after they've had periods of great success. So I think it's like you just gotta do you and try to stay motivated. Until, you know, you decide to stay home and make spaghetti all day.
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We figured they'd try it again, and they did. Only this time, instead of staying with our men, we switched off.
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The city is not just a collection of ramparts with houses, but also a a spiritual power. ... It is capable of directing and changing a man's spiritual life. It brings its power to bear in him and changes his life.
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My mind is constantly creating and searching, but I can't make myself put the right words on paper until I'm ready. Once I'm ready, I'm a focused, disciplined writer who will put in twelve hours a day at the computer, but I also spend a lot of time away from the computer getting to that point.
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I claim that Mach people (and apparently FreeBSD) are incompetent idiots.
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Harry Dresden: Everyone is down on pain, because they forget something important about it: Pain is for the living. Only the dead don't feel it.
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The mind is the effect, not the cause.
