David Dreman Quotes
Experience teaches us that when "everyone" comes to the same conclusion, that conclusion is just about always wrong.
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That's always the trick with the sequels, is how much do you repeat from the first one. Because we all get bummed out when you go see a sequel and it's beat for beat.
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During my childhood, I was surrounded by actors, and all I remember is they were fun to be around. That kind of sticks.
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I don't think anything I've written has been done in under six or eight drafts. Usually it takes me a few years to write a book. 'World's Fair' was an exception. It seemed to be a particularly fluent book as it came. I did it in seven months. I think what happened in that case is that God gave me a bonus book.
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Jesus Christ was a patriot! His country was the world. His laws were the eternal principles of liberty, and his followers, in every age, have been the chosen champions of freedom!
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See, justice is a joke in this country, and it stinks of its hypocricy.
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Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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I'd like to say that I'm a rock star, but I'm not - I'm honestly more of a relationship kind of guy. I'm a guy you could take home to meet your mum rather than a guy your mum wouldn't like.
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I almost got a psychology degree, I almost got a philosophy degree. I kept changing it so they couldn't make me graduate. I studied anthropology and eastern religion, epistomology, and astronomy... I took every interesting course I could find for nine years.
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I have absolutely no interest in playing the young male lead around which a story happens.
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This person they make me out to be irritates the hell out of me as well.
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I wasn't tempted to go into academia for a second.
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Legolas is fantastic to dress up in - of course he is - and I've had the best time playing him.
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I believe in a strong national defense. But it's my belief that neither Iraq nor Afghanistan poses a threat to national security, and we shouldn't be involved in either area.
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My stepdad is a Patriots fan, so I've become a Pats fan, too.
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I sometimes feel nervous because I give stupid answers to certain pointless questions. It happens in Turkish as much as in English. I speak bad Turkish and utter stupid sentences.
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In art, S. Bridget is usually represented with her perpetual flame as a symbol, sometimes with a column of fire, said to have been seen above her head when she took the veil.
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Art for me is like breathing.
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Contrary to popular view, I've never been patronized in the Middle East. Men maybe treat women differently, but they do not treat them with disrespect. They don't hate women. It's a very different kind of mentality.
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India fell in love with me, but I fell in love with India even more.
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Everyone is trying to get attention but intelligent persons get theirs by doing something worthwhile, beneficial to himself and the community.
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Stand-up comedy is all you. It's your show, it's your game. You control every aspect of it - of that experience and that expression. There's really nothing quite as satisfying.
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Experience teaches us that when "everyone" comes to the same conclusion, that conclusion is just about always wrong.
