Daniel Wallace Quotes
A storyteller makes up things to help other people; a liar makes up things to help himself.
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Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye.
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I listen to 'deep dish house'.
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In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades.
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People always say that Randy Moss can't stick to the rules. Even my own rules.
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I made nothing happen very slowly.
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A sociopath doesn't warm up their environment, doesn't make it cozy. They don't have to; when they're not performing, when they're not manipulating, when they're all alone, there's nothing.
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If I have to produce movies, direct movies, whatever to change the way Hollywood treats older women, I'll do it. If I have to bend the rules, I will. If I have to break them, I will.
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I'm more offended when someone's killed on television than when there's something that's sensuous or sexual. So what?
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The career of a sage is of two kinds: He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest.
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In theatre, there's no time for a proper meal.
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Modern politics today requires a mastery of television. I've never really warmed up to television and, in fairness to television, it's never warmed up to me.
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I think that Pebble Beach is my favorite golf course to go to. I think Augusta is my favorite place to go play golf.
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Many people in the West do not realise how oppressive some Muslim states are - both for men and for women. This is a cultural issue, not an Islamic one.
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Some actors learn the habit of promoting themselves as a brand - by dressing in a certain way, by going out with a certain person - it gives them what they obviously want, which is to keep a level of fame. I'm not putting it down.
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I think there are two ways to depict a family. One is what it's really like, and one is what the audience would like it to be. Between you and me, I think the second one is what I would prefer.
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I pretty much will do anything for a laugh.
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For 'Filth,' we had about 12 producers on the thing. The opening credits go on for months. Most of them are actually financers rather than producers. And the only way that we could raise the budget without interference from a studio was to have a lot of different financers on board.
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Just having the internet is a weird and dangerous thing because people become accustomed to knowing things when they want to know them and not having to work for it. I definitely see the value in not knowing everything and having mystery in life and mystery in people.
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I have a friend of mine who does me on his answering machine, and when I call him, I answer. It's pretty strange.
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When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: money.
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Richard Lester is a wonderful director, a great comedy director, of course.
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I think I have a good head on my shoulders.
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That's what Democrats do best: breed black votes.
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A storyteller makes up things to help other people; a liar makes up things to help himself.
