David Ehrenfeld Quotes
Patriotism is the admission that people who share a land, a place, and a history have a special obligation to that place and to each other.
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I've done quite a few things based on real events or real people, and I think that's always really interesting that you can read about them or, if you're lucky, you can meet them.
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If anything, I'm the most hesitant to bring on a label. That terrifies me. I think people believe major labels are linked to success. They're absolutely not that.
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I want to do stories that really move me, that have an audience, and at the end of the day, I want people to feel something when they walk out of the cinema.
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There's nothing like a music festival. People are ready to have a good time. I don't think anyone comes to a festival going, 'I'm gonna be a complete bummer today.'
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One of the biggest mistakes people make when they cook for other people is to think that it has to be fancy and elaborate. This results in enormous expense and nine days of labor, plus you end up trying to assemble a croquembouche in front of your guests and everyone's experiencing flop sweat.
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I want to know what people thought and what they wore and what they ate for breakfast.
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I had a great conversation with Tom Waits, of all people.
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Writers are historians, too. It is in literature that the greater truths about a people and their past are found.
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I say 'here's the thing' a lot, both to alert people that I'm about to say something important and to give myself a moment to figure out what that important thing might be, because my head is so often completely empty.
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I don't know too many people who, when the TV announcer says, 'Viewer discretion is advised', then turn the TV off. Those are code words for, 'Turn the sound up; this is gonna be really good.'
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A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
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Don't misquote me as wanting to hurt homosexual people in any way. That would be a dastardly lie.
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You have to lead people to get excited and be passionate and be activated by what you do.
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Strangely enough, when the Sugababes' 'Freak Like Me' went to number 1, which was built around my 'Are 'Friends' Electric' song, I had another song called 'Rip' go to number 1 in the Kerrang TV chart, so I was pulling new people in from very different areas of musical interest. That was quite an amazing week.
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When people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, 'no, I went to films.'
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Sometimes it's easy to see the negative side of things or question why people bully you. You could think, 'Maybe they're right. Maybe I'm not worth it. Maybe I should just quit.' But that's when you should fight the hardest. Now I don't mean fight physically, but mentally. Keep being you.
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There have been many people whom I have admired, emulated and even modeled parts of my life after. I study how they do things, and then I go through a period of 'trying on' those same thinking patterns and behaviors. After awhile, what is not essentially me falls away while the useful parts remain.
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What Washington desperately needs now are citizen legislators that are dedicated to leading a free people and to maintain our God-given right to the pursuit of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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Sometimes, early in their careers, chefs make the mistake of adding one too many things to a plate to get attention. If a chef is just coming up with wiz-bang gimmicks on their plate, that has nothing to do with bringing real pleasure to people.
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The places I've been, or passed through, or seen at a distance, have had as much an impact on my life as the people I've known.
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I started playing the trumpet when I was about eight.
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For so many filmmakers, cinema is a means to an end.
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It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time.
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Patriotism is the admission that people who share a land, a place, and a history have a special obligation to that place and to each other.
