D. H. Lawrence Quotes
How ravished one could be without ever being touched. Ravished by dead words become obscene and dead ideas become obsessions.
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Understanding that being nervous, having doubts and lacking confidence are emotions that are human is how you deal with it. It is okay to feel that way... and then understanding that you can work through it.
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I always say three things make a writer: inspiration, obviously; perspiration, doing the work. But the third is desperation. I'm not really fit for anything else, or to have a real job. That fear drives me. The pressure has always been self inflicted.
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So I moved to Europe and only came back when directors like Robert Altman would call me after they'd seen my work in Full Metal Jacket.
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ISIS is at war with America, but America is not at war with ISIS - not the president, nor the Congress, and certainly not the American people.
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You know, I've had an incredible career and I'm blessed.
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This applies to many film jobs, not just editing: half the job is doing the job, and the other half is finding ways to get along with people and tuning yourself in to the delicacy of the situation.
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I think any artist that's going to become anything in this world faces humility: with great humility comes great success.
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The 'DuckTales' ensemble is clearly critical. There's the core set of characters - Scrooge, Webby, Launchpad, Huey, Dewey and Louie... Plus there's Gyro and Duckworth and Mrs. Beakley and so on. The cast is huge.
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For a man, there's a big responsibility that comes with having a boy because men are made by their fathers. If you've got a good productive man around it's better. I have such a close relationship with my dad and that responsibility to produce a good man is something I think about.
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I don't dwell on success. Maybe that's one reason I'm successful.
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In a world awash in debt, power shifts to creditors.
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Cerrone is a great opponent. The guy won eight fights straight.
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I reject any path which rejects life, but I can't help loving Sufism because it sounds so beautiful. It gives relief in the midst of battle.
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I am glad. I am now an Olympic medallist.
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Being a good songwriter means paying attention and sticking your hand out the window to catch the song on the way to someone else's house!
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Most actors don't grow up with sweet, vanilla parents.
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The music led to the acting. But movies aren't something you can just will yourself into. Someone has to choose you, and you have to be quite fortunate to be chosen.
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I simply haven't the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause which keeps the planets revolving in their orbits and then suddenly stops in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds.
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[Afghanistan and Iraq] are still countries that are fragile enough that we're gonna have to partner with them in some way.
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I think a good pastor is somebody who is honest and humble and has a really caring heart.
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Language is the mother, not the handmaiden, of thought; words will tell you things you never thought or felt before.
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Class clowns become actors.
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My work is more driven by the creative word. It's immersed in other writing and printed work, rather than drawn so much from life or past experience.
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How ravished one could be without ever being touched. Ravished by dead words become obscene and dead ideas become obsessions.
