Daniel Day-Lewis Quotes
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I can think of no one that my grandparents knew, that told me stories and that I experienced myself, had any sense of social inferiority growing up in segregated Washington. None whatsoever.
Ed Smith -
Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.
Federico Fellini -
In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.
Salman Rushdie -
I actually think I have an audience member's sensibility about going to the movies.
Samuel L. Jackson -
I think the National League has better biorhythms in July.
Earl Weaver -
You got me: I do Pilates. I love Pilates because we do very specific training in soccer for the same six or seven muscles, but we neglect so many other muscles. So when I do Pilates, it helps get all the rest of the muscles in shape and gets them working together.
Landon Donovan
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I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years. I think you need to feel an urgency about the act. Otherwise, when you read it, you feel no urgency, either. So I don't write unless I really feel I need to, and that's a luxury.
Zadie Smith -
What matters is that you are doing what you think is right based on the standards which you hold.
Walter Annenberg -
Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it.
W. Somerset Maugham -
I was convinced in middle school that I invented tight-rolling your pants, because I would get hand-me-downs from my brothers, and of course they were bell-bottoms from the '70s. So I would fold and fold over the bells. I like to think I started the trend. But I didn't.
Patrick Wilson -
I think because Sport Lux has come in and leisure wear is a new thing, girls can sneak in hoodies and leggings and so on where they wouldn't normally - it has been proper legitimate fashion.
Zoe Foster Blake -
I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I'm still a supporter of it.
Nas
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It's a lot of work and I also feel like I've done it. I miss comedy. And I also think that, from purely a logistical standpoint, that the day-to-day schedule on a comedy allows you to have a life, much more of a life, than on a drama.
Adam Arkin -
I was brought up by the English side of my family, who are very repressed and working class. Absolutely lovely, but very English.
Bat for Lashes -
I think the fossil fuel industry is genuinely freaked out by the combination of the price collapse, the divestment movement, and that fact that renewable energy is getting so cheap so fast.
Naomi Klein -
The moment you sense someone is making something because they think people are gonna buy it or like it, it's just so phony! The public has a nose for phony like nobody else.
Zooey Deschanel -
I try to choose the projects that I think are the most well-written and well-executed, and the rest of it is so beyond my control to be almost not worth thinking about at all.
Jack Davenport -
What's better, a poetic intuition or an intellectual work? I think they complement each other.
Manuel Puig
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I do have to travel a lot for speaking engagements.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Eddie Murphy was my guy for a long time. My first exposure to 'SNL' was his 'Best Of' VHS, and I would watch it over and over again. He was one of the few people on the show to play with the live elements and engage with the audience.
Taran Killam -
What I'm trying to do, and my policy, is to disassociate, to shy away from what's going on in Syria.
Najib Mikati -
I was very against pink and purple when I was young, because they were girls' colors. But that was only because I didn't want people to write me off for what I can do. When I got into my 20s, I decided that was stupid.
Danica Patrick -
Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.
B. F. Skinner -
I think some actors thrive on working at a much greater pace than I do.
Daniel Day-Lewis