David Edelstein Quotes
The English have a wellspring of comedy that will never be exhausted: the combination of bestial urges and excellent manners.
Quotes to Explore
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All of life is a foreign country.
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He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.
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Look back, and smile on perils past.
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From compassion springs humility. The ego is verily a gateway to hell. The person who is egoistic is far from being religious.
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I love my early movies, but naturalism is an artist's early style. Now I want to deal with feelings, dreams, an acceptance of irrationality.
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This is magic we're talking about. It's supposed to go places science can't, defy logic, wink at technology, fill us all with the sensawunda that comes of gazing upon a fictional world and seeing something truly different from our own.
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Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England.
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Don't be surprised at Fortune's turns and twists: That wheel has spun a thousand yarns before.
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Rutherford was a historian, after all, and secretly enjoyed it when the truth did injury to modern sensibilities.
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My website's kind of fun for me. I get to do drawings on that. It's kind of fun.
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As a writer, I have to admit, there is something darkly compelling about Alzheimer's because it attacks the two things most central to a writer's craft - language and memory, which together make up an individual's identity. Alzheimer's makes a new character out of a familiar person.
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Scripts are very different to books. They are blueprints for building, not the building.
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Sometimes I need to go for a walk for inspiration.
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Come on, guys, I am a computer nerd. I love Hollywood and movies. My whole life is like a movie. I wouldn't be who I am if it wasn't for the mind-altering glimpse at the future in 'Star Wars.'
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If I give dollars to some charity, nobody cares. I mean, it helps the charity, but nobody cares. But if the Dodgers do the same thing, they bring more focus to issues, and that makes it better.
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My perfect morning is spent drinking coffee, eating porridge and reading the paper at a local cafe.
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For the most part, I was surprised by the representation of female characters onscreen. I do hope that when we include more female storytellers, we will have more of the women that I recognize in my day to day life.
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I have personally invested in a company created by Rohit Khattar - Cinestaan Film Company. But that's what I do personally.
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You have to have somebody to root for. I truly believe that's how you ground a movie. You ground them in the characters.
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I am very lucky: there are so many models that look so particular and become the popular of-the-moment models. They have such a unique and special look, whereas I am more classic looking.
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Being me is a full-time job.
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If you are doing stand-up comedy, you have to be confident in what you are doing. That doesn't mean just because you are confident you are funny.
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The English have a wellspring of comedy that will never be exhausted: the combination of bestial urges and excellent manners.
