David Gordon Green Quotes
I'm not really worried about people's perception of what I do, or people's analysis of why I make the decisions I make. I wake up every day with a new interest and a desire for an education.
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Team synergy has an extraordinary impact on business results.
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Good sports facilities are a blessing.
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I don't think there was a definite day, but it would have been around my mid-20s. I was always interested in the media side of things. When we travelled with England away, or to World Cups, I used to sit with journos while they wrote their copy.
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It is not true that I dictate what should be done. There is a dialogue.
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I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn't ambitious.
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
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People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?
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I'm a huge Wong Kar-Wai fan.
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On the rare occasions when I spend a night in Oxford, the keeping of the hours by the clock towers in New College, and Merton, and the great booming of Tom tolling 101 times at 9 pm at Christ Church are inextricably interwoven with memories and regrets and lost joys. The sound almost sends me mad, so intense are the feelings it evokes.
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If you don't shop smart, you get a little trendy.
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You can do more, you can always do more.
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Pleasure does not equal happiness; it's part of happiness.
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I think any actor should be aware of where they're starting to stretch into what's not truthful.
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I want America to know that you can't believe everything you hear, and nowadays, you can't believe everything you see.
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I'm not versed enough in constitutional law to run for office. I'd have to go back to school or something.
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As a comic, it's anti-comedy to be known. I think a lot of comedic actors get lost in this world of Hollywood and all this stuff. They lose what brought them there in the first place. I'm very trepidatious about it.
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To me, it is one world, and the non-human animals bear the brunt of oppression and suffering.
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The Common Law of England has been laboriously built about a mythical figure-the figure of 'The Reasonable Man'.
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Religion that is contained only within a church building is a weekend hobby, not a personal faith.
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I used to believe the government was the answer to all our problems. But the . . .government, I've concluded, is now aninsufferable jungle of self-serving bureaucrats.
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Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls.
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Real destiny takes everything-the last drop of blood, and strip out your veins to be sure-and gives it back doubled. Quadrupled. A thousand-fold! But you can't give halves. You have to give it all. I know. I swear. I've come back from the dead to speak the truth to you. Real destiny gives you a mountain of life, and puts you on top of it.
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I'm not really worried about people's perception of what I do, or people's analysis of why I make the decisions I make. I wake up every day with a new interest and a desire for an education.
