David Gries Quotes
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When you're a teenager, everything seems like the end of the world, and I don't think that's necessarily a silly thing. You're waking up and becoming aware that the world has problems and those problems affect you, whereas when you're young they don't seem to affect you that much even if you're aware of them.
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'The more expensive the better' is kind of the American way, and if you spent $600 for a sweatshirt, then that makes it better.
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I asked my parents for permission to study in America and they were so sure that I wouldn't get in and get a scholarship that they encouraged me to try. So I applied to Yale and got an excellent scholarship. I then worked for the Boston Consulting Group for six and half years.
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Peace is not the product of a victory or a command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement. Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions.
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I hope there are going to be plenty of more roles to come.
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No phone, a movie, a glass of wine, and some salad. Perfect!
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I can't speak for the other authors, but what I hoped to achieve was to illuminate certain corners of the Lucas universe that hadn't yet been explored.
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There are many guys out there who look like me - you know, brunettes with long hair. There are thousands. But I think the difference is that I am a real polo player, who does endorsements for Ralph Lauren on the side, and I've always looked at it that way.
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Anything worth doing good takes a little chaos.
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I'm a total weirdo and have often felt like an outcast and a freak, and I love that. It makes things so much more exciting.
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Jesus of Nazareth was a poet, no less than a prophet, of pre-eminent genius.
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Look at Loretta Lynn. Look at Jeannie C. Rily singing 'Harper Valley PTA' and Tammy Wynette singing about divorce. They were ahead of their times in a lot of ways.
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I really looked up to Tina Fey as a writer, and because I did have a background in writing, she is someone whose career I really did admire.
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Going into my 20s, I was uncertain, trying to figure out what my relationship to acting is.
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A producer wouldn't think of making a film about ballet dancers without using real dancers, but they will cast actors who have never held a bat in baseball films.
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As for the Canadians - good actors and good directors are sometimes taken by the American market, you know, if they're good enough.
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The time has come to stop beating our heads against stone walls under the illusion that we have been appointed policeman to the human race.
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With acting, the last thing you do is try to look pretty. Modeling actually makes acting harder - it makes you so self-aware.
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Oh, no man knows Through what wild centuries Roves back the rose.
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My primary interest has always been about exploring the human psyche and humanity.
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Women are always beautiful.
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He wasn't directing it, of course, so I didn't work with Hitchcock.
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A formal parsing algorithm should not always be used.
