Daniel Nathans Quotes
My parents came to the United States in the early years of this century as part of a wave of Russian Jewish immigrants seeking freedom and opportunity in the New World.
Quotes to Explore
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No, but it's not because I'm getting older that I'm trying to accelerate. But something very curious is happening: The older I get, the more ideas I'm getting.
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I don't really approach stories to make them different from other stuff I've seen, I just try to get into the character, into his or her head. Try to make it as funny, as scary or as wild as I can so that I really like it.
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All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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My priority is to take care of my daughter and my family.
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Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.
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Pasta with melted cheese is the one thing I could eat over and over again.
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The Soviet Union was a very useful ally in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
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I want to tour, everywhere I can, all of the world.
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Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
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I listened to it last night for the first time since we started this project. I went out to my car and put it in and went to an empty parking lot and just listened and read the little pamphlet that came with it. After two or three songs I burst into tears.
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I've never listened to an album once I've finished it. All I hear is what I should've done different. I beat myself up over it.
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When I was auditioning for 'True Grit,' I was on the Paramount lot. I was wearing clothes from the 1800s that were big and uncomfortable.
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You can cite me for contempt, Your Honor. I don't care.
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Madonna and I are very different. Just saying. We're very different. I wouldn't make that comparison at all, and I don't mean to disrespect Madonna: she's a nice lady, and she's had a fantastic, huge career - biggest pop star of all time.
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Women's Lib? I couldn't stand it.
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In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.
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Don't get me wrong – I've gone to a club. But I'd much rather be with my close friends at home or a concert, or on a trip. I'll go dancing with my grandma. She likes to cut a rug!
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I admire Pat Shortt as a businessman. Such acumen is unusual for an entertainer. He did all his own deals. I learnt a lot from Pat when I was on the road with him for a year.
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We women know how to take care of everybody so well. But the one person we have written out of the equation is us.
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New York being the greatest walking city in the world, I tend to walk everywhere as long as I am afforded the time.
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My first job was working for my dad. He was a used-car dealer, and I used to wash the cars down, clean them out, and so on. I would do stuff for him pretty much every day. It was quite a good job, to be honest.
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My parents came to the United States in the early years of this century as part of a wave of Russian Jewish immigrants seeking freedom and opportunity in the New World.
