Mike D (Michael Louis Diamond) Quotes
I'm always careful to even guess, at any juncture, about things before we do them.
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Fitzgerald was a modernist.
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I made a name for myself as someone who is determined to swim against the stream if it's dirty.
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It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.
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Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground.
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Getting recognized on the street is fine, but I never really wanted to be famous. I just wanted to have mastered the art of sketch comedy.
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Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness.
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In general, I'm rubbish in heels. I love them, and I own a lot because it's like being in a sweet shop: they're pretty. But I'm not good in them. I don't walk nicely in heels.
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I want to pick good projects, I want to work with great directors and try not to put too much pressure on myself and just read things for the story and recognize when I'm drawn to something for the right reasons and try to maintain some sanity. Sanity would be good. I'd like to have a little sanity!
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L.A. still ranks as one of my guilty pleasures, along with butter-pecan ice cream and Coldplay albums.
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Modern psychology has pointed to the need of educating people to use a much larger portion of the mind. Transcendental meditation fulfills this need. And it can be taught very easily.
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I really like children to watch my movies.
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Nothing ever turns out the way people expect it to.
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I really love to play 'Moonlight Sonata' by Beethoven. I can still read music, but I need to practise more. The way your fingers move - it's something that comes from memory. I love music.
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I'm known for my handwritten notes.
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Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society.
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Wal-Mart is an amazing success story. What I particularly admire very much about the late Sam Walton was his policy of valuing his employees. Giving value to employees is very rare in the retail industry. I also admire the strategies Walton used to build up his discount store concept.
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I think that as a poet, I am always concerned about history and baring witness to history. But so often, it's through the research that I do, the reading.
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Something I've noticed as I get older is that I do think about the future more. It's all positive thinking.
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I have stage fright every single concert I've ever done. I have at least four or five minutes of it. It's absolute living hell.
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I'm a little bit to the left of things anyway.
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This is how it works You're young until you're not You love until you don't You try until you can't You laugh until you cry You cry until you laugh And everyone must breathe Until their dying breath No, this is how it works You peer inside yourself You take the things you like And try to love the things you took And then you take that love you made And stick it into some Someone else's heart Pumping someone else's blood And walking arm in arm You hope it don't get harmed But even if it does You'll just do it all again
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I discovered a meal between breakfast and brunch.
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The problem with our role is Americans live in a world of illusion.
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I'm always careful to even guess, at any juncture, about things before we do them.
