Charles D'Ambrosio (Charles Anthony D'Ambrosio, Jr) Quotes
What the nostalgic past and the imaginary future seem to share in common is a form of idealism, perhaps a dream of wholeness. Our future is just as goopy with sentiment as our past. To me, they're the same, both very tempting, and I don't believe in either, although the idealism is probably important.
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'Envy' was a bit of a challenge for me. It was smooth.
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I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.
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The people of Iran have had to endure repressive laws that have stifled their freedom of speech and religion for too long.
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Southeast Asia was home for much of my childhood, but I moved to Hawaii when I was in high school.
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I know it's surprising, but there is a generation of people who haven't seen a Bond movie. They have no idea what it is. I want to entertain them as much as anyone else.
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A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement.
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The Berlin Wall wasn't the only barrier to fall after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Traditional barriers to the flow of money, trade, people and ideas also fell.
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A movie and a stage show are two entirely different things. A picture, you can do anything you want. Change it, cut out a scene, put in a scene, take a scene out. They don't do that on stage.
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The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile.
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It is hard to look the other way when a dictator is being so cruel and violent with his own people.
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The opening lines of a book are so important. You really need to somehow charm your reader. If you can't get her attention in the first pages, you may have lost her. There has to be an ambience.
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What happened in Queensland is that people are facing high unemployment relative to other states - 5.7 per cent when I last checked.
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The first win came very quick, and I didn't know what it meant to win a major championship. I was a teenager, I was very young. I didn't know what I was doing. I just needed some time to get settled in on the tour.
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An actor cannot be a censor. I'm there to interpret.
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I wanted to write songs that would play themselves on stage, songs that sweep you through their current.
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There is no rule book, no right or wrong; you just have to make it up and do the very best you can to care for your family.
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Failure means a stripping away of the inessential.
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Some people can't sing - like honestly - but they're famous anyway, and they might be famous for being an artist, which is completely different from being a singer.
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I love to get a massage but I'm quite a baby with it. I don't like them too hard or anyone walking on me or anything. When it's good, it's the best thing ever. When it's bad, it's an hour of absolute agony.
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Under slavery, families were ripped apart, and it was a desire of black men and black women to be together with their loved ones. Family meant something. Spouses meant something.
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A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults.
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I am not a very timid type. It's very important to some people, but not to me. I have a simple philosophy: worry about those things you can fix. It you can't fix it, don't worry about it; accept it and do the best you can.
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The world was not supportive. They look at me as a joke for 13 to 14 years until I could prove feasibility; then I had competitors. Those that laughed at me became my competitors.
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What the nostalgic past and the imaginary future seem to share in common is a form of idealism, perhaps a dream of wholeness. Our future is just as goopy with sentiment as our past. To me, they're the same, both very tempting, and I don't believe in either, although the idealism is probably important.
