Finley Peter Dunne Quotes
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When you make a living from something, it changes your relationship with it.
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You can't get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
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Nobody is gonna love you like you. You're gonna be your best salesman.
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You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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I can't remember 16 bars. Unless you write it, you can't. I just do it bar for bar.
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With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you improvise and create a character while the camera is rolling.
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Court proceedings, except for certain limited situations, are open to the public. This is for the protection of the accused, to be certain to ascertain that there is a fair trial.
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If you publish something in traditional media, it's one-way. With social media, we get all this info coming back from those who read our posts.
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Working for a magazine, you have a boss; you are not free.
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Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
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Womanhood is something you don't consider until it hits you.
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A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.
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I guess when I first started speaking with an American accent, there's a tendency to create a caricature of the accent because you just exaggerate the pieces that stand out to you.
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My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly.
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When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.
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At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.
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Well, you can't argue with somebody that won't argue back.
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My salary is converted to bitcoin, and taxes are taken out. You have to do all the tax computations in dollars because the IRS does not deal in bitcoins.
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Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories.
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If you listen too much, you won't be able to create.
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Men can't bear to see women cry.
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I started out with a dream to make a star in a jar in my garage, and I ended up meeting the President of the United States!
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An appeal is when you ask one court to show its contempt for another court.
