David Boies Quotes
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I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.
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I think you can say anybody uses anything as a gimmick. Is Adele's not having gimmicks her gimmick? It's hard to say, isn't it? Really, I think that everybody has something that people like or that's great about them.
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People assume a lot of things about gymnasts - that the girls work too hard, it's way too much for them, they are too young to work so hard.
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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
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In the future, I'd like to see paleontology as a whole get a lot more quantitative.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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Listen to my voice - I sound like I'm permanently congested.
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One of the side benefits of staying in the closet is you can have a much bigger career.
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I have a 'Mailer-Breslin and the 51st State' poster, and a neon-pink sign of Raoul's in SoHo, one of my favorite restaurants.
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I pick up the details that drive the organization insane. But sweating the details is more important than anything else.
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The most disturbing thing, I think, with people that do very morally devious things more and more often is to see that they completely feel that they had no choice in the matter.
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I feel like I'm married to what I do, to the streets. And I feel like when the streets are mad, it's serious.
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People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.
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The money was going to come and go, between a wife and the IRS. The thrill of beating the best field in golf is what will always stay with me.
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I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter.
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My personal trainer is an ex-dancer so we do a lot of ballet and jazz.
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Live life to the full, and become more curious every day. The more you find out about life, the richer your music-making will be.
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For 'Rosa Luxemburg,' I read everything by and about her, but the first time I was stuck in that corset, I got an understanding of her that I'd never had before.
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Human nature says that you want a bargain, whether you want the goods or not. You think that something is a steal, you'll buy it.
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I'd rather say no and have said no and do say no often. I walk away from projects if it doesn't feel right; if it's not the right team of people pulling in together or if the script isn't right. It could be a great idea but the script doesn't work.
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I began to realize that poverty was really more of a choice than anything else and that I could change that. And it just really depended on how hard I wanted to work.
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I love getting out the house because writing is such a solitary business that even being at the library makes me feel part of the world.
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When I come before these men I do not have to explain that we are all sinners. They have committed every sin there is. All I have to tell them is that I, too, am a sinner.
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Most people are balancing 10 or 20 priorities. I have two. My family and my work.
