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The attraction, and my particular participation is in being able to communicate with my fans, answer their questions, get a feel for how they respond to Vader.

~David Prowse

Topics: Able Answer Attraction Being Communicate Fans Feel Get How Participation Particular Questions Respond

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Film and the other creative industries are being transformed by digital technologies.

~David Puttnam

Topics: Being Creative Digital Film Industries Other Technologies Transformed

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We are at the edge of an abyss and we're close to being irrevocably lost.

~David R. Brower

Topics: Abyss Being Close Edge Lost

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When people say, 'You're not being realistic,' they're just trying to tag some thoughts that they can't otherwise handle.

~David R. Brower

Topics: Being Handle Just Otherwise People People Say Realistic Say Some Tag Thoughts Trying You

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You don't get a chance to take a breath but when you do, you have some really good comedy moments that ease up on the tension that the movie is centered around which is Kim being kidnapped and her son and husband being kidnapped and the jeopardy that they're in.

~David R. Ellis

Topics: Around Being Breath Centered Chance Comedy Ease Get Good Her Husband Jeopardy Kidnapped Kim Moments Movie Really Some Son Take Tension Up Which You

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There's nothing particularly wrong with being more pessimistic than optimistic. Optimism is broad-based, non-detail-oriented thinking; pessimism is detail-oriented thinking.

~David Rakoff

Topics: Being More Nothing Optimism Optimistic Particularly Pessimism Pessimistic Than Thinking Wrong

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I had a beautiful childhood and a lovely childhood. I just didn't like being a child. I didn't like the rank injustice of not being listened to. I didn't like the lack of autonomy.

~David Rakoff

Topics: Autonomy Beautiful Being Child Childhood Had Injustice Just Lack Like Listened Lovely Rank

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When people give you a writing assignment, they're asking what you think. That's the very opposite of being an actor. When you're an actor, no one wants to hear what you think.

~David Rakoff

Topics: Actor Asking Assignment Being Give Hear Opposite People Think Very Wants Writing You

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Before I sat down and became a writer, before I began to do it habitually and for my living, there was a decades-long stretch when I was terrified that it would suck, so I didn't write. I think that marks a lot of people, a real terror at being bad at something, and unfortunately, you are always bad before you can get a little better.

~David Rakoff

Topics: Always Bad Became Before Began Being Better Down Get Little Living Lot Marks People Real Sat Something Stretch Suck Terrified Terror Think Unfortunately Would Write Writer You I Think

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A secondhand wardrobe hand clothes doesn't make one an artist. Neither do a hair-trigger temper, melancholic nature, propensity for tears, hating your parents, or HIV. I hate to say it - none of these make one an artist. They can help, but just as being gay doesn't make one witty... the only thing that makes one an artist is making art.

~David Rakoff

Topics: Art Artist Being Clothes Gay Hand Hate Hating Help Hiv Just Make Makes Making Nature Neither None Only Parents Propensity Say Secondhand Tears Temper The Only Thing Thing Wardrobe Witty Your

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