Vincent D'Onofrio Quotes
If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes less legitimate.
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A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.
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How lucky am I?
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It's a funny thing about rap, that when you say 'I' into the microphone, it's like a public confession. It's very strange.
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No, and I never, ever eat in between the meals. I control it well enough and with no pills, and I sleep seven hours a night. I go to bed. I fall asleep, and I wake up seven hours later, and this is the most important.
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I'm Cuban, so I like a bit of curve. I just want my booty to have a little lift!
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The success of 'The Shadow of the Wind' made me very happy, but it did not change my perspective or the way I was.
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You can't embarrass Joss Whedon, he's got no pride! He fully admits it. 'Oh, it's me. I'm little and goofy.' You can't wound his pride. He's too self-deprecating.
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A government must always be prepared for the unexpected.
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With all the great products that are apparently out there that are undetectable, for me to take something like that... when people take things that now aren't even being tested for, does it make any sense?
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I find the whole situation of confronting an audience terrifying.
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War has been good to me from a financial standpoint but I don't want to make money that way. I don't want blood money.
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All I remember is the last time I played a videogame, it was Space Invaders.
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Prohibition of substances which give pleasure to people does not work. Addiction is a health problem, not a moral one, and there are many proven strategies which can reduce its burden.
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When I was a young boy, I preferred cats to dogs. From the age of seven or eight onwards I just felt more comfortable with cats. And I felt more comfortable with girls, I didn't really like hanging out with guys. When I was about ten or eleven, I was friendlier with the girls in my school than with the guys.
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A diet that is high in fat, sugar and salt makes it really hard for a body to function efficiently.
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I don't like to look typical.
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If you like standup and decide that it's overtaking your life and want to hate it, watch 1,000 standup comedians who are trying to get on a TV show.
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I invented animals and birds – I had about two dozen. After working on them for six months, I sat down and just for fun wrote two dozen poems to accompany the drawings. It was for no one to every see, but a friend sent me in to an editor.
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I grew up with the idea of the cyborg and the robot, but at the same time I felt this intense disconnection between the things I was engaged with and inspired by in terms of fun and play. It seemed like paintings and drawings were so static.
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When seagull droppings landed on my head at a campaign event at Bowers Beach two days before Election Day, I chose to read it as a sign of a coming success.
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The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.
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You could try and read my lyrics off of this paper before I lay them. But, you won't take the sting out of these words before I say them.
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Healthcare continues to move outside the hospital and into our homes and everyday lives. With leading doctors and psychologists, for example, we've developed personal health programs designed around patients to catalyze sustainable behavioural change.
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If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes less legitimate.
