Dave Grohl Quotes
You know why Foo Fighters have been a band for 20 years? Because I've never really told anybody what I think of them. The last thing you ever want to do is go to therapy with your band.
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If there is an authoritarian structure at St. Hill it has been brought into being by the government itself. St. Hill is trying to correct itself. It doesn't know what it's trying to correct because nobody has told it what to correct.
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I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.
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If I were to try to describe the way in which I write, the only word I would use without qualification is 'slowly.'
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With the work that I do as a director, I've got dialogue, camera movement, and character blocking to help create a tone to the piece. In photography, those elements are somewhat void so that tone becomes a bit more subtle but still equally important.
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I think I view the system the same way that Ayn Rand views the system - that it really oppresses those that create, if you will, and tries to take away from those that produce and give to the non-producers.
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I like to write first-person because I like to become the character I'm writing.
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I think when I first straightened my hair, I was a teenager. I don't believe that I was consciously doing it to look white or to be on television. It never crossed my mind. All of the girls in my neighborhood got perms and their hair straightened. But I know that historically it was to assimilate and there are some people who do it for that reason.
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I dedicated my 20s, my passion and energy to the name 'Rain.' I always did my best, and I thought if I did, it would eventually show, and even if it didn't turn out well, I wouldn't have any regrets.
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All of our forebears contributed to what South Africa has become. That does not, however, mean that I must apologize to anyone for being born a Zulu, or for having that culture.
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The mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort.
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It is not easy for me to digest meat. I waste too much energy in digesting meat, and that's why I get my proteins from other products. I like beans and other legume plants very much. I need a lot of 'live' products such as fruit and vegetables.
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In terms of my career, I am glad about the steps and moves that I have made. Because I would not want to blame anyone else but myself if anything goes wrong.
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It's great extremes which leads to great drama and great comedy.
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If you make a wrong move with explosives, it could be deadly. If you're there when they blow up the beach, you get blown up, too. So you need to get your job done correctly... then pull the fuse with enough lag time for you to clear the area completely and get picked up by the small boats.
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Things heal. Bad stuff happens, but you go on. Life takes care of it.
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I've always tried to fight against, 'Oh, who's that small funny actress? Let's get her.'
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Now, the typical way you make good things happen in Washington is you find a bunch of wealthy companies who agree with you.
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I actually have a decent singing voice, and I've never been able to sing onscreen. I'd love to do a musical.
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The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.
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We cannot leave vulnerable young men open to the exploitation of extremists, both for our own security and their own wellbeing.
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I'd like to do an action film like Angelina Jolie's 'Salt.'
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I know this is maybe naive, but one day I hope there will be peace in the world. Maybe one day the flowers will come back.
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You know why Foo Fighters have been a band for 20 years? Because I've never really told anybody what I think of them. The last thing you ever want to do is go to therapy with your band.
