D. B. Sweeney Quotes
I had a teacher senior year in high school. He was a theater teacher, and he basically was a little bit like 'High School Musical.' He kind of encouraged the jocks to get involved with the plays. I did it as kind of a senior year lark.
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Most athletes are media shy. They keep to themselves and to their training. I'm not saying it is absolutely necessary for them to come out and face the cameras with confidence, but if they do, it will only help them. They will find themselves closer to their fans and will also get their word across more effectively.
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It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it.
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I went through a training camp; I worked extremely hard. I prepared for UFC 200. This was the big one. This one meant everything to me.
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The impression I have of Justice Warren is that he was looking for the just result in a case regardless of fixed dogma or principles and I like to think that I'm in that mold.
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I think if we understand better the impact of war on women and children, we might be more careful about the wars we start.
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Born with blue spectacles, you would think the world was blue and never be conscious of the existence of the distorting glass.
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Now is the only thing that exists.
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Chicken and horse meat are the best foods for weightlifters, and good food is important.
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The very first time a politician puts you in his target is sometimes a disappointment, because perhaps you thought you were friends and getting along well... But it is not something that you dwelled on. At least, I did not.
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Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice. Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.
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I believe honor thy mother and father is not just a good commandment to live by, it is good public policy to govern by. That is why I feel so strongly about Medicare.
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I would love to get great performances from actors as a director, because that's what I'm always looking for, a director that's going to help me go places I've never been before.
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We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.
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I've been on the campaign trail so long, some of my wine has turned to vinegar.
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I grew up on Marvel and, like, '2000 AD.'
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And apparently things like a Vindaloo curry are out for the rest of my life, or at least a long time.
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Once I had started film, I suddenly said, 'Wow, I love it.' I moved there from New York. But I've always gone back to the theater, and it is more satisfying, really, because you get to give a continuous performance - no sequels.
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It actually took me a year to learn how to play running back - to understand what they were doing defensively and then what our guys were doing every single play.
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Being on set is difficult for the writer. Your job is done, and you have to step back and hand it over to the director.
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The greatest thing you can do for your children is love your spouse.
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I didn't like being in a newsroom all the time.
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It's funny to think that when you get done with an acting job, you're considered unemployed. There are definitely times when those checks don't last forever. I went to college at a private school, and I racked up quite a bit of debt. I was very slow to pay them back.
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I had a teacher senior year in high school. He was a theater teacher, and he basically was a little bit like 'High School Musical.' He kind of encouraged the jocks to get involved with the plays. I did it as kind of a senior year lark.
