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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I understand shipping - you have to expect to pay for the stamps or for the freight company - but what's this handling they always have? How much does handling cost, anyway? I don't want a lot of people handling something I'm going to buy before I get it. How much would it cost if you didn't handle it before you sent it to me?
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I think that sleep and work are very closely related - not because you can work while you're sleeping and sleep while you're working. That's not really what I mean. I'm talking specifically about the fact that sleep and work are phase-based, or stage-based, events.
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'Lone Gunmen' was my first job, and I got a little cocky, thinking I'm brilliant and don't have to work that hard because it comes so naturally.
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There's nothing wrong with giving yourself a pat on the back. If you can't do that, you can't be objective about your work. You can't be conceited or cocky either, but you can't be too modest either.
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I was a little bit of a cocky kid.
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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.
