Clarence Day Quotes
The real world is not easy to live in. It is rough; it is slippery. Without the most clear-eyed adjustments we fall and get crushed. A man must stay sober; not always, but most of the time.
Quotes to Explore
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I kind of found a niche for myself after 'Firefly'. I found something that I enjoyed doing and that I did well, but as far as how I seek out a part, it's always different. It's always something that lights you on fire when you read it. It might be just one scene, it might be one line that defines the character for you.
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A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.
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I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that.
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Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it.
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My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn't date; I couldn't go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren't interested in explaining.
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I have always said that often the religion you were born with becomes more important to you as you see the universality of truth.
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The crown of literature is poetry.
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There's no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present.
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It's unacceptable to just sit on the couch and say I'm not doing anything. You've got to get out and do everything you can.
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The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.
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I think the films we see, the Hollywood films, which are basically entertainment, will still be there, but they'll be in a totally different category. People won't take them seriously. They'll kind of end up the way comic books have. A side view of things.
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Dr. Dre, my oldest brother, he paved the way for me and Snoop to get a chance to get into the studio. I asked him to show me how to work the MPC-60... I was about maybe 17, 18, right around there.
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To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.
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Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid.
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Personal responsibility is not only recognizing the errors of our ways. Personal responsibility lies in our willingness and ability to correct those errors individually and collectively.
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Sometimes, I'm very embarrassed.
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I just don't see where I could possibly fit in directing a feature.
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I've been a bit of an electronics enthusiast and maker for a long time. I actually started the forum called ModRetro. It's an electronics enthusiast community that focuses on modifying vintage game consoles, and it's actually one of the larger game console modification forums on the Internet.
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Oatmeal is a cheap and healthy breakfast.
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Music is very influential to my writing, as are theater and film.
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Look, isn't there any way you can just stamp me as not crazy and let me get outta here.
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Poetry is poetry. My process is I try to write the best poem I can, in the best way to communicate whatever it is the poem is trying to communicate, and then I try to figure out the best way to present that poem to a live audience. It's all craft, just different stages of craft.
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You don't take a class; you're thrown into motherhood and learn from experience.
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The real world is not easy to live in. It is rough; it is slippery. Without the most clear-eyed adjustments we fall and get crushed. A man must stay sober; not always, but most of the time.
