Dave Matthews Quotes
So I watched the Pink Panther last night, and so I'm trying desperately to be funny, and then it's just not working out so good... I wonder if maybe I could've been a comedian or something like that, or maybe I could've been a doctor, then I wouldn't have to make anyone laugh.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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Hollywood is the only thing more ridiculous than Silicon Valley. There's nowhere else where it's stranger.
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We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a great achievement by itself, but an even greater achievement is that we have turned all of that variety and diversity into unity.
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My work was entirely nonfiction.
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I do not deal with threats and ultimatums.
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I'll have the chance to do a production number on A Capitol Fourth.
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I am a member of the London Library, and on almost every single job I do, there is some benefit to be had in going there and pulling two or three books off the shelves.
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When you're a teenage girl, a lot of being pretty has to do with your hair.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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I really love acting, but I also really want to be a historian, so it's really confusing.
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I like a twisted sense of humour. On 'A History of Violence,' David Cronenberg and I would be doing the grimmest scenes and laugh a lot.
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Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
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A great burden was lifted from my shoulders the day I realized that no one owes me anything.
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I choose parts because I don't want to be embarrassed when the movie comes out. What if my friends were to see the movie? What if my niece or nephew wandered into the theater and saw the movie? I don't want to be too ashamed of it.
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Other people pull off amazing festivals and events and things like that. I think ours is a little bit different, and that's what makes us distinct.
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The constitution is itself the product of the freedom struggle.
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I love all animals. I just happen to prefer cats. They're really chill, and they're loving yet not loving. I relate to them, in a way.
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Sword fighting in film is not about how good the fighter is, but how good the actor receiving the blows is.
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I had decided after 'Hollow Man' to stay away from science fiction. I felt I had done so much science fiction. Four of the six movies I made in Hollywood are science-fiction oriented, and even 'Basic Instinct' is kind of science fiction.
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The beckoning counts, and not the clicking of the latch behind you.
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History's a resource.
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I like books that have razor-sharp plotting that snaps and moves along. It's not about the main character being different at the end. I don't want my main character to be different in the end. I still want him committed to his ideas, to be steadfast, true and loyal.
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So I watched the Pink Panther last night, and so I'm trying desperately to be funny, and then it's just not working out so good... I wonder if maybe I could've been a comedian or something like that, or maybe I could've been a doctor, then I wouldn't have to make anyone laugh.
