Dawson Trotman Quotes
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Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.
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I have a day job. I can make movies when I want to.
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The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you're lucky if you have five takes.
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A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and act upon it, we make it a service to men.
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I mean, I was first offered Princess Astra.
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I don't think our music has much to do with math rock.
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I'm not a machista that tells his girl what she has to put on. I let her be herself.
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I have accumulated so many experiences, so much, that I want to be able to realize so many things. This is why I have basically given up most of my positions.
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I have yet to see one completely unspoiled star, except for Lassie.
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On the Day of Atonement, Jews are commanded to seek forgiveness from the people we have hurt.
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I've never seen myself as a 'girl driver.' I'm just a driver.
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As an athlete, my health has always been important to me.
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I don't look like a white woman. I look Somali.
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I like to have something to base a role on.
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My father was very clear; I had to have an ordinary upbringing. I was put to work as a lowly-paid trainee after college. I didn't like it at the time, but I can't help but feel that that was probably the best thing for me.
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Some days you feel like this is really going well. You can tell. Other days, you're just drawing like a farmer and you don't know why.
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In the West, if a city faces financial difficulties, it'll go bankrupt. But in China, cities will be subsidised by the Ministry of Finance. So some small- and medium-sized cities aren't worried about going bankrupt. They figure the central government will help them out.
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I've heard though that there is a younger generation of tonal French composers who are reacting with vigour.
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I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.
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Steve Smith, thats what happened to us. He just kept making plays. We had a plan. We never really doubled him. We ran a lot of Cover 2, and obviously that didnt work out too good for us.
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I like to push the limit to how much air we can put in the football, even go over what they allow you to do and see if the officials take air out of it.
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The first time I walked on a stage I knew that was what I was created to do. I knew that there was a calling and a sense of purpose in my life that gave me fulfillment and a sense of destiny.
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I think that, at the end of the day, I'm drawn to a certain level of ambiguous storytelling that requires hard thought and work in the same way that the 'New York Times' crossword puzzle does: Sometimes you just want to put it down or throw it out the window, but there's a real rewarding sense if you feel like you've cracked it.
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If you can't see very far aheadgo ahead as far as you can see.
