David Amram Quotes
That is the way a great master carpenter feels, or an architect or composer or anyone who creates anything - people want to be appreciated for what they have done.
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Irrespective of any political party, I am a supporter of good people who want to do something for the society.
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In the age of the internet when everybody's a pundit, we're still gonna need somebody there to go talk to the colonels, to be on the ground in Baghdad and stuff and that's very expensive.
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Overall, the anarchy was the most creative of all periods of Japanese culture for in it there appeared the greatest landscape painting, the culmination of the skill of landscape gardening and the arts of flower arrangement, and the No drama.
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When you read about the best places to work, it's never about salary; it's about catered lunches, the daycare - it's the cool stuff that matters.
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I like to be underdressed rather than overdressed. For an event or a premiere, it's fun to dress up more - then I like to experiment.
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I wouldn't mind going somewhere and taking a president position and signing acts and taking the attention off of me and taking what I've learned in my career and applying that to another person's.
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We decided we don't use the term 'fat' for me. We use the term 'juicy' for me. My wife's fine with it, but the rule is when I'm over double her weight, it's over.
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Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
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I dare anybody to look at me and say I'm anorexic. I'm so totally not.
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I think everybody understands the fact that the right person will be cast for the role. So it's not theirs really to lose; they're just trying to find the right person.
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I can see myself always writing songs - but I'm not sure if I'll always want to perform.
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Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.
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Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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I can't say that winning the Pen/Faulkner was a dream come true because I would never have dared to dream it.
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I'm a Sufi Muslim, I would say. I believe in using the medium to create a good vibration because art is so important to society. Some projects I don't do because I feel that it's going to create a bad vibe. I don't do propaganda films that are anti another religion, anti-Muslim or anti-Hindu.
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It's a character-builder to be a fan of the Chicago Cubs.
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I just went to Harvard a little while, because I graduated from Armstrong High School in Washington and then I went up there but I didn't stay that long because I went into show business.
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There's no such thing as soy milk. It's soy juice. But they couldn't sell soy juice, so they called it soy milk. Because anytime you say soy juice, you actually... start to gag. And they put Soy Milk in with my Moo-Cow fuck milk, and it doesn't belong there, because we all know there's no such thing as Soy milk 'cause there's no soy titty, is there?
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The most versatile lipstick you can own is a shade that's just a bit brighter than your natural lip color.
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The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.
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What keeps me going is that young people still want to see me.
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That is the way a great master carpenter feels, or an architect or composer or anyone who creates anything - people want to be appreciated for what they have done.
