Daniel Okrent Quotes
I was probably being a little cocky, which I do when I feel that I don't know what I'm talking about.
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I hope that I would be considered romantic. I don't know... one of my favorite movies is 'The Notebook' so I guess that would be considered romantic. But I think being romantic is more than the flowers and the gifts. It's about connecting with the person and being able to talk and share things with her.
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My mum told me once I was a Hindu.
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Push-ups, sit-ups, and a strict diet of raisins. That's my plan.
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Oh, Amos Cottle! Phœbus! what a name!
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I take the harsh criticism along with the compliments.
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Over the years I've had more and more of an association with Nashville.
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The Ebert thing just didn't work out. We just couldn't, like, come to an agreement. And 'Movieline', they obviously didn't want me, because they fired me.
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I like America. I think it's pretty cool. I got into acting to avoid politics of any sort so I could remain in a fantasy world.
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I hate to admit this, but before we had a baby I was kind of weirded out by breastfeeding. It looked strange, and I was always like, 'Look away! Ignore it, ignore the boobs in the room, move along, nothing to see here!'
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I was such a fan of Cyndi Lauper and her whole 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' thing.
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Fifty percent of life in the N.B.A. is sex. The other fifty percent is money.
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The proportion of ingredients is important, but the final result is also a matter of how you put them together. Equilibrium is key.
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My grandma used to call my mother 'Tuppence' as a term of affection, but she was worried when my parents actually put it on my birth certificate. She thought I might get bullied.
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One problem with relying on existing concepts is that it could stifle innovation, weakening the film sector over time.
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I was very introverted. You know, I had my close group of friends, but I really didn't care what the cool kids were doing.
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One of the things I like about comedy in general is that it affords Asian Americans the opportunity to not be noble.
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You never know what the future might bring. I'm taking it game by game and play by play.
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Justices are not politicians. They don't run on a political platform, and senators should not ask them to do so.
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Old age is, so to speak, the sanctuary of ills: they all take refuge in it.
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I like doing things where I can get dirty, work with my hands, and use power tools. Last weekend, I did some grouting.
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Illusions of grandeur are not the same as visions of greatness.
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Ninety-nine percent is in the delivery. If you have the right voice and the right delivery, you're cocky enough, and you pound down on the punch line, you can say anything and make people laugh maybe three times before they realize you're not telling jokes.
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I was probably being a little cocky, which I do when I feel that I don't know what I'm talking about.
