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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Developing a relationship with someone you admire, who can encourage you to reach your full potential, is something that everyone can benefit from.
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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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The absurd . . . the fact that with God all things are possible. The absurd is not one of the factors which can be discriminated within the proper compass of the understanding: it is not identical with the improbable, the unexpected, the unforeseen.
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Starting in business is like getting married... there is really no good time and no bad time. The time is now.
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Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
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Over the years, I became more and more interested in the forms and techniques in which things could be said.
