Dana Carvey Quotes
I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
Quotes to Explore
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When I lead essay workshops, I ask students to come up with at least five topics, which they'll narrow down to one. The winning idea should be the story the student is most excited to tell because it honestly reflects his or her best self.
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Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero.
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Getting recognized and doing shoots and signing on partnerships and signing on deals, that's all great, and I'm so appreciative of that, but it's more the reward that's the most satisfying. I know the importance of working hard, and I appreciate pretty much everything that has come my way; I don't take any of it for granted.
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I was reading scripts, doing coverage, for CAA. Reading hundreds and hundreds of scripts across the board, from blind submissions to 'Brokeback Mountain'. It was not always a pleasant task but something, in hindsight, I'm glad I did.
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A lot of companies make diversity a part of the performance goals against which an executive gets paid. Just as you have to make a certain sales number, you have to make a diversity number to get your bonus.
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I want to live in a country that is not just a place but also an idea, and Jerusalem is the heart of the idea. There may be practical considerations, but a country cannot exist without an ethos, and Jerusalem is an ethos.
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I do think that people outside the fashion industry imagine that being a model is what you might call quick, easy money, but it can be very lonely - you have to be quite tough. It's also very physically demanding.
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In my books, there is no 'ugly duckling turning into a beautiful swan' syndrome because if you look at the Hansel and Gretel syndrome, it was a mistake. It wasn't a duckling, it was a cygnet, and that's why it turned into a swan. The duckling should with any luck turn into a nice clucking duck and get on with its life. Cluck! Cluck! Cluck!
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Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.
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One of the biggest problems with the modern feminist movement is its failure to bring men along with us.
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There is one system of justice, demanding that all be held accountable when laws are broken.
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I had a lot of time to think, and that is not good for your mind. And when it actually happened, it was not so much a celebration but the relief. It was an exorcism anxiety. After each race there is a procedure in which you get taken off to the podium and the TV interviews.
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I don't feel under pressure to work because I love what I do and I wanted to do the projects that came my way.
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When you walk out onstage in front of 65,000 people, it can bring you to tears.
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You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who's ready when the gong rings - not just before, not just after - but when it rings.
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You read a million scripts during pilot season, and most of them are not very good, so the good ones really shine.
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It did not occur to us that the Marxists' solution was fraudulent or that their vision was distorted, that whatever the wrongs in our society it was not the ideology of theirs that will cure them.
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When you reach 50, what you care about is being honest, being accurate, and being an example.
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You’ll break your own heart if you fall in love with ideas and not people.
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It's a great event to get outside and enjoy nature. I find it very exciting no matter how many times I see bald eagles.
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I've had many incidents in my life of racism. I've been thrown on the ground. I've been frisked. I've been arrested so many times I couldn't tell you. I have no need to talk about it.
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
