Dan Barker Quotes
As humanists, we urge today, as in the past that humans not look beyond themselves for salvation. We alone are responsible for our own destiny and the best we can do is muster our intelligence, courage, and compassion to realize our highest aspirations.
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Hollywood, the business, would be just fine if someone were to destroy the Hollywood sign. The city's there is the airport - its point of entry and exit, and in some ways its identity.
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Right now I'm so old that if I had a big gush of money, I don't know what I'd do with it. I don't travel anymore. I don't need anything, don't want anything. I'd give it to my son, I guess, and let him enjoy it.
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
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After I lost my fiance, it seemed like it would be better to always be alone than to risk being hurt again.
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My dad's funny. He's laid back and a cool guy.
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Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
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God gave women intuition and femininity. Used properly, the combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met.
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The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.
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Successful people are not interesting. I feel for the losers. That's where my heart lies.
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An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.
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Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do - can love things that no one else can love. We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music. You know what to do.
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It felt scary because there was no auditioning, no rehearsing.
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In the best possible scenario, whenever you get notes from people, they're good notes, and they see things that you wouldn't have seen otherwise, and they make you a better writer.
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History develops, art stands still.
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If you catch me coming out of a film, when I'm emotionally involved, I can tell you at that moment why I like it – but to talk about it years later is not logical to me.
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If this whole acting thing doesn't work out, I'll just get a talk show.
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Every picture has been a learning opportunity for me.
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The principal source of the harm done by the State is the fact that power is its chief end.
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The question is not whether a community lives or dies, the question is on what plane does it live? There are different modes of survival. But all are not equally honorable.
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All we can do when we think of kids today is think of more hours of school, earlier age at the computer, and curfews. Who would want to grow up in that world?
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Poor Gauguin, 'way off there on his island! I'll wager he spends most of his time thinking of Rue Lafitte. I advised him to go to New Orleans, but he decided it was too civilized. He had to have people around him with flowers on their heads and rings in their noses before he could feel at home. Now if I should leave my house for more than two days...
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I think 'Something Ventured' is a nice piece because it celebrates venture capital in a unique and powerful way.
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As humanists, we urge today, as in the past that humans not look beyond themselves for salvation. We alone are responsible for our own destiny and the best we can do is muster our intelligence, courage, and compassion to realize our highest aspirations.
