David Autor Quotes
I did a lot of blue collar work. I also worked as a temp. I did, you know, light construction and cleaning. I did clerical temping. I also fix cars and motorcycles and electronics.
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It's hard to make a good movie in four weeks. It's hard. I've done it, but it's not easy.
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Funny is an attitude.
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I would say if you have a dream, follow it. It doesn't really matter whether you are a woman or from India or from wherever.
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I'm a little bit perverse, and I just hate doing the thing that's the most obvious.
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I get bored pretty easily and I don't want to get locked down in one profession.
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He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
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When I was a kid, I was super shy.
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My style is schizophrenic! One minute I'll be wearing bright girly dresses, and the next I'll be swinging towards more structured masculine things.
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Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke.
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I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
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Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what they have to say is new to the general public, and the new is always alarming.
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Death is not something any one of us want to dwell on, but we must all confront it at some point.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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My stories are not Christianized at all. I don't even have any Christians in my stories. What they are, are stories about ordinary people going through extraordinary circumstances in which I'm exploring truth. How light overcomes darkness in a way that's unmistakable to anyone who has any kind of faith.
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Death is the beginning of something.
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I would say I've always lived creativity, but now I - I do it with an intention that's got a completely different power.
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The bravest thing I've ever done is fly to New York. I'm simply terrified of aeroplanes - I am the woman you see weeping at the airport.
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The hardest part of acting is not when I'm acting, It's when I'm not.
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From the U.S. Capitol Building to the White House, our national symbols that represent freedom to so many of us, were built by people who were anything but free.
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I used to give up writing like some people would give up smoking.
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Have you ever found any logical reason why mutual promises are sufficient consideration for one another (like the two lean horses of a Calcutta hack who can only just stand together)? I have not.
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I have a company attitude about my work. I don't like to do just one thing; I like to do a lot of things.
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I did a lot of blue collar work. I also worked as a temp. I did, you know, light construction and cleaning. I did clerical temping. I also fix cars and motorcycles and electronics.
