Donovan Quotes
I still carry with me the same themes as always - I'm still compelled to present mystic ideas...
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We share a wonderful, I think, physical or geographical heritage.
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When belief in a god dies, the god dies.
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I dread shooting with animals. I hope I never get a script with snakes.
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J has told me about his past. I know what happened and why. But he is the one person who made me believe in my talent and whatever happened in the past, he's been a wonderful manager to me.
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In the last four years, I heard the same thing over and over again from people: 'We've had enough,' 'Our country is drifting,' 'We've lost our way.'
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We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.
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I am not in the business of suppressing books.
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Around my house, I won't even speak to my family unless they first address me by my official Berzerker name, Godred Crovan, Victor of Sky-Hill and Ruler of Man and the Isles. And now that I think of it, that's probably why nobody speaks to me unless it's time to feed the dogs or take out the garbage.
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I am an optimist. I believe the future is bright. I think people who see life painted in dark colors are the ones who do not take ownership.
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I feel like 'Work' was a really good song for people to get to know me, as it's obviously biographical. With 'Bounce,' I wanted to make sure people know there's a fun side to me as well as the somber and serious one.
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If I tried to flirt with a woman and she didn't know who I was, she would run away.
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An uplifting sense of purpose is more than an impetus for individual accomplishment, it is also a necessary insurance policy against expediency and impropriety.
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I'm most excited about all of the non-currency uses of the block chain's ledger-ordering ability. I have no idea which ones will turn out to be successful, but I'm glad all of that experimenting is happening.
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I think that 'Lost' is a bit of a dinosaur in terms of the type of show it is. The economics just don't support making a show this big and complicated profitable enough for a network.
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I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
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My dad's funny. He's laid back and a cool guy.
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I'm so sick of gay this, gay that. I could care less. It ain't affecting my life at all.
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I studied writing at university, and I actually majored in screenwriting. Then I went to work as a bookseller and then as a sales rep and publicist and then various editorial jobs until I ended up with HarperCollins in Australia.
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The independence project in Catalonia is... a peaceful revolution, carried out in suit, shirt, and tie.
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I write best when I sort of collide myself with another man. So I think, I hope, that a combination of me and Stieg Larsson will create something good.
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At home, I love reaching out into that absolute silence, when you can hear the owl or the wind.
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Among friends one has the privilege of saying nothing; the civility consists in the assumption that one's silence will be civilly understood. I can imagine a small gathering of friends who say nothing all evening: they recoil from saying anything that the others don't want to hear; and their silence would be the subtlest courtesy.
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That's my advice for indie filmmakers: Marry a supermodel.
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I still carry with me the same themes as always - I'm still compelled to present mystic ideas...
