Dayna Devon Quotes
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I was completely naive about the business of being an actor. My family didn't go to the theater or to the movies. We watched television like every 1960s small-town American family, and I certainly never thought about being on TV. I thought I was going to be a classical actor in the grand tradition.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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One thing I have seen over and over again in life is that there is virtually no correlation between intelligence and common sense. IQ doesn't seem to translate that way.
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I always knew I wanted to be a technologist, so I went to Duke and got a degree in computer science and electrical engineering. Really, I thought my goal in life was to be an inventor, a problem solver, so I thought I needed a Ph.D. to be good at inventions, but it turns out that you don't.
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Beware, all too often we say what we hear others say. We think what we are told that we think. We see what we are permitted to see. Worse, we see what we are told that we see.
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When I am angry, I pray God to swing our globe into the fiery sun and prevent the sorrows of the not-yet-born: but when I am content, I want to lie forever in the shade, till I become a shade myself.
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I was truly honored to work with legendary DJ and producer DJ Premier. I still can't believe I have a track with Premier; it really is one of the best songs I've written in a long time.
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You have to stay alert. You've got to keep raising your game.
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I used to play hooky from school so I could watch cooking shows.
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The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is the loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction of natural habitats. This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.
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I have a lot of fears that normal people have.
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A European army must protect the continent from two sides, from the east and from the south, in terms of protecting against terrorism and migration.
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I love a challenge, and I love challenging people's preconceptions.
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Appointments to the higher judiciary must be through transparent processes, which ensure that persons of impeccable integrity and high competence are appointed to these positions.
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It doesn't much concern me if Tiger plays in the tournament or no.
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He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.
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My grand plan is that I can master having a better life by making sure I have a regular flow of songs. Then I can give myself time to tour or celebrate or write a film score.
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All of the clean technologies are known, it's a question of simply applying them.
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During my years of services in the government, I have spent a great deal of time studying and managing the spectrum of threats to our borders as well as the diverse ways in which those threats are moved across the border.
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We do not need to have a way to talk clearly about other people's images.
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I'm a grinding actor. That's how I've always viewed myself. You go from one job to the next.
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When you do a play, you do it for a couple months, and it just gets in your bones. You can learn about somebody that way.
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I did quite a lot of fencing when I was a kid. I was a swimmer, and I played a lot of basketball. I was a fencer for Great Britain, but I only did that because I watched 'Robin Hood,' 'Star Wars,' 'Highlander' and 'The Three Musketeers,' and I wanted to emulate Richard Harris and the great British actors that I grew up watching.
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In L.A., you are your job.
