Clark Duke Quotes
I tend to be conversational and loose with dialogue in general, not out of disrespect for the source material but because that's the way I work.
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Men whose sense of taste is destroyed by sickness, sometimes think honey sour. A diseased eye does not see many things which do exist, and notes many things which do not exist. The same thing frequently takes place with regard to the force of words, when the critic is inferior to the writer.
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To be honest, I think, for me, the power is always with art. The art world clearly couldn't happen without art.
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To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest.
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Years ago, when I was writing westerns, other writers who were friends of mine wanted me to collaborate with them. And it just didn't work.
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I have earned wages as a waitress, a nanny, a librarian, a personnel officer, an agricultural laborer, an advertising secretary, a typesetter, a proofreader, a mental-health-care provider, a substitute teacher, and a book reviewer. In and around the edges of all those jobs I have written poems, stories, and books, books, books.
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For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.
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It is not only our duty but our moral obligation to break from the oppression of debt. We must rise above the political considerations and do what is right for the future of our nation.
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It's the 21st century. It's healthier for us, better for the environment and certainly kinder to be a vegetarian.
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The only person I'd cry if I met would be Beyonce.
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I don't want anybody to dictate to America how to decide our lives.
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There was definitely a time where I did not believe in the Lord. I needed to understand the love of God.
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When I was a kid, I was super shy.
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Strangely enough, the first character in Fried Green Tomatoes was the cafe, and the town. I think a place can be as much a character in a novel as the people.
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Virtual reality is a tough sell for a software developer. They have to convince investors that not only are they going to build a good game, which is what they normally have to do, they have to convince them that it's going to be a good game and that virtual reality will be successful.
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I am a just man.
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While religious tolerance is surely better than religious war, tolerance is not without its liabilities. Our fear of provoking religious hatred has rendered us incapable of criticizing ideas that are now patently absurd and increasingly maladaptive.
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I always try to start my weekend by running on the beach, which is great fun here in Barcelona.
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Ultimately life is disease, death and oblivion. It's still better than high school.
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Men characterize pornography as something mental because their minds, their thoughts, their dreams, their fantasies, are more real to them than women's bodies or lives; in fact, men have used their social power to characterize a $10-billion-a-year trade in women as fantasy.
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So many people around me would say they cared for the wrong reasons. A lot of people were pulling from me, taking from me and not giving.
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I grew up in big cities my whole life, and in my late 20s, I just felt like I was looking for something else.
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The only time you actually are a spectator of your own work is the day you read the script.
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I've been giving free money seminars for the troops at Walter Reed Hospital and one of the Iraqi War Vets realized that the military wouldn't pay for the dental work he needed.
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I tend to be conversational and loose with dialogue in general, not out of disrespect for the source material but because that's the way I work.
