Daniel Defoe Quotes
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At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic.
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I'm ambidextrous when I eat. But playing tennis right-handed - I can't do it. I'm clueless.
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We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.
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My parents are divorced, and seeing that was really painful for me. Really painful for me. But that's also a big part of why I'm intrigued by the dynamics between people – because I was close to something that fell apart.
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The Irish Government can no longer stand by and see innocent people injured and perhaps worse.
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At 3 years old, I was imitating and doing fun little commercials for the family. Then at 5, I knew, 'OK, this is something I really like.' At 8, I was crying in front of the mirror and my mom was like, 'Oh boy, here we go. We know what she's going to do.'
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I'm the sort of person that doesn't really have specific 'inspiration.' It probably comes more from my doubts and my desires.
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Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.
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They're just my weaknesses. Everyone is just constantly talking to me about it. It doesn't help.
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But a funny thing happened four years later. I was invited to play for an alumni team against the Red Wings.
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I'm very humble.
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Books and harlots have their quarrels in public.
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Everyone in business is tenacious and extremely aggressive. If you're not a 'now' person - do it right now - then you're not going to be successful. I like that kind of mentality.
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I am not that big a method actor.
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Miami's not anybody's poor cousin. It's an aspiration to live in this town, not something you have to do to promote yourself like some of the larger cities.
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I knew from an early age exactly what I wanted to do. I wanted to be a musician and that was it. It made life a lot easier knowing what I was aiming for.
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I don't think you can be successful in television without appealing to women. I don't think it's possible. I think that men like women. It doesn't really matter what they do - they love anything. But women don't necessarily like every woman, so I think that's a challenge to get the female audience to not only relate to you but also like you.
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When I write, I solemnly visit myself.
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In fact, people seem to be tired of fiction now. There are so many other ways of exploring humanity - by ethnology, psychoanalysis, and so on. It's a little boring to make up stories. So many people think that it's better to be very close to reality and to recount one's life as it is rather than to fictionalize, as they say, that is to transpose, and therefore to cheat.
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People who lie, cheat and steal in relationships are communicating that they have such an inferior view of themselves that they are not worthy of another's trust.
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I'm one of the first invention capitalists.
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'Tis no sin to cheat the devil.
