Denise Duhamel Quotes
Over the years, I became more and more interested in the forms and techniques in which things could be said.
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I love myself. Anything that has my name I'm tickled to death.
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That's what I like about Neil Jordan's films: everyone is better at what they do than you are.
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You don't have a peaceful revolution. You don't have a turn-the-cheek revolution. There's no such thing as a nonviolent revolution.
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I remember going up and doing 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' with Paul Simon, Santana playing up there with us.
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All change is bad. But sometimes it has to be done.
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There are some movies you do for the character; there are some movies you do for the people.
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I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment.
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Because of what I did when I was 10 years old, I'm not living from paycheck to paycheck, and I can do things because I want to do them.
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When I write and develop things myself, I might work for a while on a script from a book, and then I go back and read the book and go back into it to see if I lost something: is there something there?
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I hate watching myself on film because I am so judgmental.
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Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious.
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Act because you love to act.
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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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Readers appreciate the truth. Why say, 'Some think a situation is a mess?' Based on my reporting, if a situation is a mess, then I say that. The truth is always what reporters tell each other when they get back to the newsroom.
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Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys.
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I understand what it is to go through emotional trauma and retreat and go into the world of your imagination. I understand how art and music can be a place of safety in a world of reinvention.
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I don't want to play earnest. I'd rather play somebody who's kind of sleazy. It's much more fun, especially in a comedy. You don't want to be some earnest guy who's just trying to do the right thing but can't. I want to be doing the wrong thing intentionally.
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Friends are really important, especially when you've had the successes that I've had. I've gone really far in my career, so they're the ones that keep you humble, keep your feet on the ground.
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All the marketing and advertising sells the book as what it is and hopes that the book will be displayed so that your readers can find it.
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When I remember bygone days I think how evening follows morn So many I loved were not yet dead, So many I love were not yet born.
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It is not overwhelmingly difficult for a committed group of players with only average individual basketball skills to put together a very good team defense.
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Over the years, I became more and more interested in the forms and techniques in which things could be said.
