Pete du Pont Quotes

There were some entrepreneurial du Ponts that are a little different from the heads of the corporations today.

Pete du Pont

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My mom's a screenwriter, and before that, she was an actress, and my father was an actor; my stepfather was a director, so I was on sets a lot as a kid. I loved the magic of the set. You walk in, and it's a living room, and you walk outside, and it's just a piece of wood held up by another piece of wood.

Jennifer Jason Leigh

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Is everyone who uses a MacBook Pro a pro? No. It's just basically a faster Mac. And certainly, pros do use them, partly for that reason.

John Gruber

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Awards are lovely and always welcome.

Max von Sydow

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There are too many games being developed by people that have no business creating games.

John Romero

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I feel like everything needs to be stylised; that's always been my mindset.

Travis Scott

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I really admire people who have long-distance relationships. It's an incredible achievement. I couldn't do it.

Rita Ora

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I've known Emeril for more than 20 years from when I featured him on 'Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous' from his days at Commander's Palace in New Orleans and from when I helped start the Food Network where he subsequently hosted an amazing 2,000-plus shows.

Robin Leach

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Being isolated and on-location can be helpful in terms of being completely dedicated to the work, but somebody like me can also be dangerous in terms of this intense sort of void that you kind of potentially fall into.

Michael Raymond-James

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I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to find yourself. Your own reality - for yourself, not for others - which no other man can ever know.

Joseph Conrad

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I think everybody's got their insecurities and hang-ups. Everybody! Unless you're an idiot.

Domhnall Gleeson

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Everyone always tells you that you're the only one that can do this or that role right, and if you say no, they go to somebody else and tell them that they're the only one that can do it right. But when they're talking to you, you're always the 'Best Actor of Your Generation.'

Christian Bale

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The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right.

William Hazlitt

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