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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I think the movie Light of the World will help a lot of pastors. It should get a lot of people sold-uh, saved.
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If you are stuck at a dead-end job, or you know your friends are bringing you down, the time to act is now. You don't know how much time you've got left.
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The writing that I have found to be most false is the writing that doesn't offer hope.
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When I have a little down time, I like to go to the gym and try to bank some hours there. I like to spend time with my dogs, go hiking, do a little traveling.
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Nothing in life is quite as important as you think it is while you're thinking about it.
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In L.A., you are your job.
