Danny Nucci Quotes
I've always found a cornucopia of roles open to me. Wait--did I just say cornucopia? I think I meant plethora.
Quotes to Explore
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Whenever I say that America has become an empire, someone is sure to say I'm being ridiculous.
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The most important role of a leader is to set a clear direction, be transparent about how to get there and to stay the course.
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Censorship is advertising paid by the government.
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I have loved Elliott Carter's music for many years.
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Opera is the most complete art form. It includes drama, acting, technology (lighting), art (the sets), dance, and the epitome of the human voices. But mostly, go for the glorious music. The arts are crucial to the life of every community.
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Indie movies got co-opted by the studio system. The studios insisted that only stars could make movies successful.
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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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I was too prissy, too refined, too abstemious, too French to be a good American writer.
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At the beginning of a new project, often before I do any actual writing, I collect photos, quotes, song lyrics, and even objects that relate to the characters or the world I'm creating.
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Feminism was about making women's lives less constrained and giving them more choices.
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If you stop one terror attack in the U.S., it may be connected to multiple other plots out there that are connected. If you reveal that you stopped one plot, it may tip our hand.
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The most influential thinker, in my life, has been the psychologist Richard Nisbett. He basically gave me my view of the world.
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Most of the time, as a model, I feel like I'm just a doll. They control how I should move.
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Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.
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I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my work and it's in the public arena, but that doesn't entitle everyone to know what happened at home before coming here.
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Second-generation Muslims who have lived all their lives in Europe are turning up among the suicide bombers and terrorists.
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I try to play serious scenes a little funny and the comedy a little serious.
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Nothing sickens me more than the closed door of a library.
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I would like my readers to close the cover at the end and say, 'Wow, I never thought of it like that before'.
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A 2014 survey found that 74% of law-enforcement agencies reported antigovernment extremism as one of the top terrorist threats. Just 3% of those agencies viewed the threat from Muslim extremists as severe.
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It's always a thrill to wear the flag and ride for Canada in any competition, but especially the Olympics.
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The meaning of life is not to be discovered only after death in some hidden, mysterious realm; on the contrary, it can be found by eating the succulent fruit of the Tree of Life and by living in the here and now as fully and creatively as we can.
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I suppose that Heartland, Unknown Soldier and Pride and Joy represent not a quieter side but more of a serious side to my work, something I've been getting into recently.
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I've always found a cornucopia of roles open to me. Wait--did I just say cornucopia? I think I meant plethora.
