David Carey Quotes
The U.S. business for most magazines is a moderate growth business. The international business - especially in China and Russia - is a faster growth business.
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Whenever I say that America has become an empire, someone is sure to say I'm being ridiculous.
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It takes two years on the stage for an actor or an actress to learn how to speak correctly and to manage his voice properly, and it takes about ten years to master the subtle art of being able to hold one's audience.
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The billable hours is a classic case of restricted autonomy. I mean, you're working on - I mean, sometimes on these six-minute increments. So you're not focused on doing a good job. You're focused on hitting your numbers. It's one reason why lawyers typically are so unhappy. And I want a world of happy lawyers.
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I have made enough money to secure my family and that is all I care about.
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I'm from Miami, I love it when we're out in the heat. When it's cold, I'm like, 'I'm never acting again,' because it's too freezing.
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Escapism makes a lot of intuitive sense - whisk people away from their cares with stories of a better life.
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I want to be scared. I want to keep taking insane risks. I want to be scared because you're going to grow through that whether you want to or not. I don't want to play the same guy. I want to keep throwing curveballs to you guys and keep telling stories.
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Everyone should learn to tango in Argentina before they die.
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Robots do not hold on to life. They can't. They have nothing to hold on with - no soul, no instinct. Grass has more will to live than they do.
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One has to be fully committed to one's career. Otherwise, there's no point.
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My normal life is like being on holiday.
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When I was elected, I was the youngest member of the Tennessee congressional delegation; now, I'm one of the oldest. In fact, I have members of my staff who weren't even born when I took office. That tells me it's time for a new chapter.
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I've turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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Barack Obama's victories in 2008 and 2012 were dismissed by some of his critics as merely symbolic for African Americans. But there is nothing 'mere' about symbols.
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There has been a big debate about it: can a black man play a Nordic character?
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It's difficult to believe that Al Gore was oblivious to the existing laws. He has to respond at some point.
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'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have - 'What's going to happen to your child if you're not around?'
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There was a door to which I found no key: There was the veil through which I might not see.
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When antibiotics became industrially produced following World War II, our quality of life and our longevity improved enormously. No one thought bacteria were going to become resistant.
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Hell is paved with priests' skulls.
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If you create something, you don't want someone else to go and profit from it; you have your right to make a living and everything. So I respect copyright. What I don't respect is copyright extremism. And I what I don't respect is a business model that encourages piracy.
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Highly skilled immigrants are critical to innovation and are important contributors to economic growth in the United States.
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I am a shy person, basically. I don't think I can take my shirt off in front of so many people. I never thought about it. No one asked me to. But I don't even know if people like it if they see me without a shirt all of a sudden. But let's see, if a film demands it, I might just do it.
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The U.S. business for most magazines is a moderate growth business. The international business - especially in China and Russia - is a faster growth business.
