Mike D (Michael Louis Diamond) Quotes
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I want to write novels, and I want to write and direct theater.
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I think America has a brilliant future.
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To be slandered the way I get slandered is really uncalled for, but life goes on.
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Once we can do Pixar-quality graphics rendered in real time with interactivity, I could see games costing $200 million to make, and all of a sudden you have to sell a lot of games just to break even, so I'm a little worried someone's going to do that.
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If I have a Sunday free, I'll go up the coast and spend some time on the beach. I scuba dive and swim and sail. A lot of the things I like are around the water.
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No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.
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My father had very little formal education.
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An actor has to embody a role.
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I always believed in my ability, but I think in any sport you need that little bit of luck.
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I'm a 'Blackadder' girl.
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I don't know what I was expecting or what I was dreaming about the xx accomplishing.
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No one has ever raised capital because their pitch deck was pretty. A lot of people have raised capital because they were over-prepared, knew where their business was going, and were able to articulate that through a pitch alongside a pitch deck.
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I had a thick accent, and people didn't understand me, and I was ashamed, and I fumbled. I radiated an uncertain energy; sometimes baristas sensed this and wouldn't try to talk to me, and then an insecure voice in my head would cry, 'He's racist!'
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If you took ISIS' oil, that would not stop them. It's not their only source of revenue. It would be a setback, but it would not stop them.
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There are lines that I know are going to get a belly laugh, but after a few shows I get sick of hearing myself say them so I drop them.
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I love New York.
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But I'd say 'How to Make It in America' is the most accurate depiction of the New York hipster community on television for sure.
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Problems should be solved by talking and not in an aggressive manner.
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I don't like working with hitmakers. I don't want hits! You're not even allowed to say that word around me.
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I grew up in a home where reading was a big deal.
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Honesty is a complex and tricky thing, and we don't want to be honest all the time.
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I spent my entire experience with Gary on Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy staring at him and not returning any lines because I think he's God. The second time on The Dark Knight Rises I was playing God, so I ignored him. Kicked him a bit, that kind of thing. Gary Oldman is one of my heroes, I did nothing but glean from him.
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For a dude, I think I do cook. I'm a stay-at-home parent a lot of the time.
