Warren MacKenzie Quotes
I went to the Chicago Art Institute, which was the best painting school in the area at that time. And I took painting classes - basic elementary painting classes and drawing classes of all sorts.
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There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.
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For my money, when you're doing an on-camera performance, unless it's for something particularly stylised, you are, by and large, striving for naturalism.
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Any partying I did, I did at home. I didn't want to be in the spotlight... There's an easy way to get away from the paparazzi; they're not that difficult to hide from and you don't need to go out for coffee every five minutes.
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I don't want to talk too much about the nitty-gritty of writing. It's rather like a pressure cooker with a certain amount of pressure in it - the more you let out, the less you cook.
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I'm not a person who embraces challenges. I run from challenges. I break world records running from challenges.
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The problem with working under an outside label is that your music never seems to reach the right people.
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For any sin, we all suffer. That is why our suffering is endless.
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Lawyer even sounds like liar.
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I think a dream can take you farther than anything.
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A man's house is his castle - et domus sua cuique est tutissimum refugium.
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When I started writing about vampires, I swore that I wouldn't touch the 'Dracula' legend because it's been done too many times.
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One of the torturous things about my job is that, as time goes on, you get more and more clarity on all the things you've screwed up and all the mistakes you've made.
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I became an engineer because I believe in the power of technology to enrich our lives.
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I don't make a concerted effort to distinguish myself as Duncan D. Hunter versus Duncan Hunter. I just do my own thing. That's good enough for me.
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Once I turned 40, my whole life changed in the most mature - not boring way but much cooler way. I feel much more like an adult.
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People have an idol they want to be like and try to follow what the idols did. But when you do, you find out you're not very successful and you're not very happy. You try to copy these models, and it doesn't yield successful results.
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It's tough for me to draw myself - usually way too self-critical.
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Being a parent has been such a wonderful privilege for me. My kids make me laugh and cry, but there are definitely more laughs. They really do give my life meaning.
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I loved Sherlock Holmes as a kid, but I remember being disappointed when he'd come up with these simple explanations for these complex mysteries.
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How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
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We use the Heidelberg Catechism in our worship. Sometimes we read it responsively. Other times I'll work it into my communion liturgy. I'll quote it in my sermons from time to time. I've seen the Catechism used effectively as Sunday school material.
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I went to the Chicago Art Institute, which was the best painting school in the area at that time. And I took painting classes - basic elementary painting classes and drawing classes of all sorts.
