D. B. Sweeney Quotes
What I've learned is sometimes it's good not to have all the same actions and have all the same takes. The variety you provide gives the director later on in post-production the ability to construct a more interesting performance as he puts the movie together.
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When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
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I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.
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When I ran in Texas, I told the people of Texas, 'if you elect me, I will lead the fight against amnesty.'
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.
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When it comes to memories of that iconic type, memories that are burned into you, I have maybe ten or so from my childhood. I'm a bad rememberer of situations. I forget almost everything as soon as it happens.
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Muzzle a dog and he will bark out of the other end.
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I'm prepared for Amir Khan moving swiftly - or for whatever style he comes out using. I prepared with sparring, in the style similar to what he uses.
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I definitely associate music with color. For example, my first record has a red cover but it is totally green and blue to me.
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At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863.
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
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Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.
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'Bruce Lee' didn't work, and there were apprehensions about what the fans might say. People might have commented that Charan could have waited for some time before selecting me again. But that's what makes it a real achievement to me. People want to work with me because of the comfort level; nobody would work with you again otherwise.
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The very first thing I ever did, I was doing some work for the French Cultural Center. They wanted a little recording set up. And I got wire. A wire recorder. The wire came off spools, and to cut and edit, you tied it together in little square knots. Can you imagine?
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I've been saying for years that readers want inexpensive ebooks.
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I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.
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War used to be something you could stand on the nearby hill and watch. Now we have total war; everybody's in it. We have total economics as well. Everything affects everybody. The Malaysian currency shakes, and people around the world are seriously affected.
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I am not the kind of leader who pontificates about what should be done - I don't operate on scenarios, and I am not a prophet.
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I was feeling like a real misfit in middle school, but when I saw 'Wicked,' it made me feel really cool for being different... and you can carve that in stone!
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But I have been avoiding talking about what I'm doing now because it's frustrating for people to hear about things that aren't available yet.
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You start realizing that good prose is crunchy. There's texture in your mouth as you say it. You realize bad writing, bland writing, has no texture, no taste, no corners in your mouth. I'm a great believer in reading aloud.
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I just think swing is a matter of some good things put together that you can really pat your foot by. I can't define it beyond that.
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What I've learned is sometimes it's good not to have all the same actions and have all the same takes. The variety you provide gives the director later on in post-production the ability to construct a more interesting performance as he puts the movie together.
