Dave Courtney Quotes
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I loved making 'The Hunger Games' - it was the happiest experience of my professional life. Lionsgate was supportive of me in a manner that few directors ever experience in a franchise: they empowered me to make the film I wanted to make and backed the movie in a way that requires no explanation beyond the remarkable results.
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I was an outsider, never quite part of what was going on, always looking in. It turned out to be great preparation for writing fiction.
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Be passionate. Be courageous. Be your best.
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The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.
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I have fabulous children.
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Tell me how a person judges his or her self-esteem, and I will tell you how that person operates at work, in love, in sex, in parenting, in every important aspect of existence - and how high he or she is likely to rise. The reputation you have with yourself - your self-esteem - is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.
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Love has never failed. It has won every battle. And today and forever more it will go on undefeated. I'm also a very loving person.
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I don't think most people associate me with leeches or how to get them off. But I know how to get them off. I'm an expert at it.
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Originally, I was in both software and in online computing. The first innovation really was sort of at that time that we're marrying the telephone and the computer so that people wouldn't have to drive to the computer center. We didn't have $1,000 computers.
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I just want to say, 'Go work! It doesn't matter what it is. Work begets work. Just go!'
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Rather than doing the kind of fact-checking that normally goes with a story, you ran with certain stories for not wanting to get beat. There's a pressure that exists in your profession. I would be surprised in any honest exchange that you say that doesn't exist.
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I made music with my friend, who we called Isabella Machine to which I was Florence Robot. When I was about an hour away from my first gig, I still didn't have a name, so I thought 'Okay, I'll be Florence Robot/Isa Machine', before realising that name was so long it'd drive me mad.
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I never wanted a big wedding. I never wanted to wear a white dress or throw a bouquet.
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As an artist, you're always going to be yearning and wanting and never satisfied. I never feel like I've really achieved something.
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I think it's natural when a team has such high expectations, under .500 halfway through the season, they're going to go after a brand new coach.
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Nobody is impervious to misfortune.
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Being the leader of a division is a pressure, but it's one that I feel I am ready for.
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Anyway I will go same road because I, I was born in gymnastics. This is my, how to say, my life and my duty.
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I can't say that I've made the transition to movies.
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I make the girls jump like I'm Kris Kross
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As we try to compete in this global marketplace, we need to rebuild our infrastructure. We need to rebuild our schools. We need to make sure that teachers and first responders and veterans who are coming home from serving our country so proudly have jobs waiting for them.
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When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
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I think what has helped me is that I've never thought of myself as a child star. If you think of yourself like that, you might have problems!
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Agree with an idiot and you're only one step away from turning into one yourself.
