Dave Itzkoff Quotes
Often, as an interviewer, particularly when you're talking to highly visible people, celebrities, and it's known that negative things have happened, they don't want to talk about it, or you have to really work up to it. You have to carefully construct the conversation so that they feel open enough to discuss some of those things with you.
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There is so much to do in my house, in every little corner. It's just like anybody, it's like one step at a time. I try to decorate one space and a pipe breaks or whatever - you know how it is.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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I know that I have to give testimony about all the things I lived, but I need time.
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The West has become the world model; developing countries are dreaming of living like us, which is impossible. They should reject our model, because it is not sustainable. Developing countries should even give us the example, but unfortunately that's not what happens.
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I like being unconventional.
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The motivation is important for me to act it, but I don't necessarily want the audience to know my motivation.
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He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.
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When the Bible was first published, bathhouses were mandatory, no one could read, and only the people in the Church could write.
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I'm very competitive but in a very nice way.
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I love watching action. I remember watching Angelina Jolie in 'Tomb Raider,' and I was like 'Wow, it's so cool when a girl can go around and kick butt.'
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I went out there, and I fought Anderson Silva, and you know what? I got a big W, and that's massive for my career going forward.
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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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The truth is that for a Democrat to triumph in a presidential election, it needs to come on the heels of 'the dark times' of an unpopular Republican administration. Carter followed the Nixon era, Clinton succeeded after 12 years of Reagan/Bush, and Obama was a direct result of eight years of Bush/Cheney.
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I loved 'White Christmas' for the music aspect. I was into musical theater.
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People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable.
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Those who go along get along.
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I'm actually not on Twitter.
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I would abolish the federal Department of Education and very quickly. People don't realize that the federal Department of Education gives each state 11 cents out of every school dollar that every state spends. But it comes with 15 cents worth of strings attached.
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The most important thing as a leader is your relationship with God.
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When I tour with the new album, I still do the classics, and I love the atmosphere it creates with the whole audience singing along.
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I can give you a 'Selfish,' and I can still come give you, like, a 'Jealous.' I'm coming from the streets, but I can still give you personal situations and relationships that I've been in with females. You just never know; I'm just coming different.
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Jenny McCarthy was the one I thought could turn me straight. I thought that if I could just get my shot with her, it could happen.
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If people stop being interested it's because you haven't written a good enough album. Music will always be the most powerful thing. It doesn't matter what record labels or journalists say. It's the song.
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Often, as an interviewer, particularly when you're talking to highly visible people, celebrities, and it's known that negative things have happened, they don't want to talk about it, or you have to really work up to it. You have to carefully construct the conversation so that they feel open enough to discuss some of those things with you.
