David F. D'Alessandro Quotes
Do not allow your enemy to define you. Because if you allow yourself to be defined negatively, nothing positive you say about yourself will register.
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It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.
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Acting is something different to everybody. I just know that if you watch an actor or actress getting better and better, I think that's them just understanding themselves better and better.
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I've had the experience of having a book praised but then it doesn't sell. Or not praised but then it sells.
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Back in high school, I didn't ever see a Muslim homecoming king or queen - there was never even anyone nominated. It just seemed for a lot of those events, Muslim kids were not being included, and it was probably our fault too - no one was going for it, but no one was trying to push us to do it, you know?
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I originally went to school for writing, for non-fiction. I'm specifically a poetry major within literature, but I don't know.
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The most annoying and full-of-crap thing a writer says is, 'I write only for myself, I don't care if anyone reads it.' A writer without a reader doesn't exist.
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
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I always see the absurdity in most situations. It's my experience of how life works.
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My mom is painfully sweet; she's from Nebraska.
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All the different nations in the world, despite their differences of appearance and religion and language and way of life, still have one thing in common, and that is what's inside of all of us. If we X-rayed the insides of different human beings, we wouldn't be able to tell from those X-rays what the person's language or background or race is.
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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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I can't say that I've made the transition to movies.
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Winning the Oscar was like winning all the prizes in one single night that I never won as a kid.
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I sing in many different colors and, hopefully, they add up to a great performance that, after you leave the theater, makes you feel like I've really shared something of myself.
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When I saw how people would react and be touched by my voice, this was the moment I thought maybe there's something more to this than just singing around the house.
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I'm a voracious reader. I also have a ton of favorite TV shows I'm addicted to.
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I love my work, I love the people I work with, I do the best I can.
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Say what you will about the ten commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them.
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I've noticed that in the U.S., when the president hits the three-year mark in office, he goes into re-election campaigning.
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I didn't go to university, and so, every time that I work, I'm looking for a teacher in a way. I'm looking for people that I can learn from and to have the chance to work with people that I admire.
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I have faith in his judgment and in his sense of responsibility.
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It's an individual sport; you want to do well for yourself.
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You can't just put it on one thing. We have been doing a lot of things well. We are playing well together, we are defending, we are doing a lot of positive things out there.
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Do not allow your enemy to define you. Because if you allow yourself to be defined negatively, nothing positive you say about yourself will register.
