David Means Quotes

We believe in cures; we're a quick-fix country, and we drive forward, and we eat up what we have extremely fast in terms of natural resources and also ideas and intellectual property. We're kind of wilfully stupid a lot of the time, anti-intellectual.

David Means

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 17, 1961

Topics

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I don't make a division between an art film and commercial art.

Joe Wright

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Valentino made my day suit for the wedding of Paloma Picasso in Paris.

Andre Leon Talley

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I don't want to waste my life by being lazy.

Mawra Hocane

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I think most of my heroes are not the traditional types. A guy I was fascinated with was Buster Keaton. I just love what he did. I love that mug.

Jeffrey Tambor

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With screenplays and teleplays, they are mapped, really, in the blueprint of a finished product, which is something you're going to watch on a screen. But a book is an end to itself, really.

Michael Imperioli

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It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep thinking about the problem but work on something else. Sometimes it is years before I see the way forward. In the case of information loss and black holes, it was 29 years.

Stephen Hawking

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Social media has helped bridge the gap between actors and fans. We are blessed to get so much love, good wishes, and support from people across the world.

Rithvik Dhanjani

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It's not ideological to ask someone to stick to the question presented.

Don Lemon

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We came up with this idea of a power struggle between two people who really love each other, and 'Doll & Em' took off. Calling it by our own names was the director's idea, but hopefully people will understand that we're playing versions of ourselves.

Dolly Wells

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A thank-you can be just as meaningful as a soulful ten-page message.

Drew Barrymore

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If you're writing about angry people, you use the language of anger. If you're writing about desperate people, you use the language of desperation.

Chris Crutcher

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For me, I love Portland. I love the food scene, I love the vibe, the environment.

Christina Tosi

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