Daphne Merkin Quotes
I always look to people and think whether they seem well-loved or not well-loved. That's one way I walk through life. Do they have some core that withstands the ravages? Everyone gets pulled down in life and has good moments. But it always interests me how people withstand things.
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In America, music is more tightly categorized.
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Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.
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When I'm making music, I can hear all the parts, all the instruments. I can hear what it should be.
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We need to protect the privacy rights of all Americans, and that means stopping the federal government from spying on the cellphones and emails of law-abiding citizens.
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I grew up playing basketball and baseball. I've always been active because my dad played professional football, so sports and working out have always been a part of my life.
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There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.
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In football, there were drinks available everywhere you looked. On a golf tournament, you could find one free anywhere you wanted it. In tennis and NBA basketball, everybody had a hospitality suite, and so you could go there and load up if you wanted to.
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I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays.
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Oil is ancient wealth in the ground.
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Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.
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In Uzbekistan, hundreds of protesters were recently killed under the corrupt regime of President Karimov in what human rights groups are calling a massacre.
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Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.
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One of the first coaches I worked with on the national team told me that I was too skinny, too puny, and had no natural acceleration. He said I'd be better off looking for another facet of sport to follow. That was a really, really bad moment. For a long time, I felt as if my dad was the only one who had faith in me.
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It doesn't matter what country or what political system you are from. Space brings you together.
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I have an interest in languages and make an effort to learn.
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In a day when, if you insulted a man it might cost you your life, you were probably more civil.
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What happens if you're the guy who's been on the show ten years and is highly paid but they have nothing for you to do is that they bring in other people, and you become a supporting character to those people.
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I believe that change keeps you young.
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My goal has always been to just be a person who makes great art.
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Many great actions are committed in small struggles.
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All you need is a bad angle and suddenly you're 30 pounds overweight.
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People have talents that are different. Where does the creative flow come from - inside us or from a higher power? I don't ask any questions. I just write it down.
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There are moments, above all on June evenings, when the lakes that hold our moons are sucked into the earth, and nothing is left but wine and the touch of a hand.
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I always look to people and think whether they seem well-loved or not well-loved. That's one way I walk through life. Do they have some core that withstands the ravages? Everyone gets pulled down in life and has good moments. But it always interests me how people withstand things.
