I actually lost 90 pounds over the course of 15 months in order to save money on life insurance.


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DEREK HOUGH
It's such a cliche thing to say. I want to choreograph, I want to direct, I want to act, I want ...
DEREK HOUGH
Fletcher appeared beside her. He peered at the baby.
"Can it do any tricks yet?"
"I'm sti...
DEREK LANDY
I had an uneventful few days," it told her. "The most exciting thing was an hour-long lecture from t...
DEREK LANDY
The door handle turned. Someone knocked, and a man's voice called, "Uh, hello?"
Valkyrie looked...
DEREK LANDY
Ever since economists revealed how much universities contribute to economic growth, politicians have...
DEREK BOK
Look, pain is there in the world, and there's catharsis through that. I feel like there's......
DEREK CIANFRANCE
When I grew up, a director was Cecil B DeMille, a guy sitting down with a megaphone speaking. He was...
DEREK CIANFRANCE
My older brother gave me a cassette tape of Mr. Bungle, and I couldn't stop listening to it. I u...
DEREK CIANFRANCE
I can have fun anywhere, as long as I'm with good people. But in the offseason, I like to go som...
DEREK JETER
The man had a smooth voice, like velvet. “I’m Detective Inspector Me. Unusual name, I know. My f...
DEREK LANDY
The key for me is really just to stay in a child-like state in the rehearsal studio. I'm really ...
DEREK HOUGH
I think there's something wrong with me - I like to win in everything I do, regardless of what i...
DEREK JETER
The future happens. No matter how much we scream.
DEREK WALCOTT
Don’t kill me,” he sobbed as he lay there. “Oh God, please don’t kill me.”
“If you ...
DEREK LANDY
I swear, talking to you is like talking to a really good-looking and mildly stupid brick wall.
DEREK LANDY
Ladies and gentleman," he said over the speakers, "welcome aboard this recently liberated Gulfstream...
DEREK LANDY
Valkyrie patted Fletcher’s arm. “Don’t worry,” she said. “If the bad man comes, I’ll pro...
DEREK LANDY
The draft is a crapshoot, so I've been very fortunate to be drafted by the Yankees, and to have ...
DEREK JETER
I think models in general have a certain insecurity about themselves because they're known for b...
DEREK HOUGH
Athletics keeps us healthy, gets us up and running around. It also gives you an opportunity to meet ...
DEREK JETER
You're a person a lot longer before and after you're a professional athlete. People always s...
DEREK JETER
This is Port of Spain to me, a city ideal in its commercial and human proportions, where a citizen i...
DEREK WALCOTT
I'd like to get a degree. You ever see the movie 'Back to School?' I'll go back with...
DEREK JETER
I was an audience member before I'm a filmmaker. All I've tried to do as a filmmaker was to ...
DEREK CIANFRANCE
I'm a huge, huge comic book fan. I love the superhero movies so much. If I had to be one of the ...
DEREK THELER
I try to sign for as many kids as possible. Kids come first, and I'll always sign for a kid befo...
DEREK JETER
I won't say there aren't any Harvard graduates who have never asserted a superior attitude. ...
DEREK BOK
For some students, especially in the sciences, the knowledge gained in college may be directly relev...
DEREK BOK
Surround yourself with good people. People who are going to be honest with you and look out for your...
DEREK JETER
Growing up as a high jumper, I said if I could ever jump 2.40, I'd be pretty satisfied with my c...
DEREK DROUIN
Memory that yearns to join the centre, a limb remembering the body from which it has been severed, l...
DEREK WALCOTT
Going into my second film as a director, it's night and day of what it was like going into my fi...
DEREK MAGYAR
I would venture to guess that if I was a construction worker... who requested a transfer to another ...
DEREK FISHER
I think people need fantasy, but I think they also need to know that they're not being lied to. ...
DEREK CIANFRANCE