David Chase Quotes
I think that the difference between 'The Sopranos' and the shows that came before it was that it was really personal. There had been a lot of dramas, a lot of really good ones, a lot of really bad ones, but they were always franchise shows about cops, or doctors, or lawyers. They weren't about the writer himself.
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Team synergy has an extraordinary impact on business results.
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Shareholders need to have a real interest in the companies they own. Too many are simply too busy - they are asleep at the wheel.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
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I worry that my daughters are too taken care of.
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In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is different. You can have just a really good time as an actor, and there is just more there that you can explore on that side of the story.
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In so far as one denies what is, one is possessed by what is not, the compulsions, the fantasies, the terrors that flock to fill the void.
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It will be disastrous when a leader or manager shows up with one attitude one day and treats people with a different attitude the next day.
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Once a food becomes off-limits, then it takes on this whole other personality. 'Forbidden' is more tempting. And it becomes something evil, but food is food. It's there to nourish your body.
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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It was great being together as a band, but much more difficult being brothers than it was being in a band.
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The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on.
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There really are three types of 'religious' movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the ones that literally preach to the converted.
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My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.
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Failing to engage in conflict is a terrible decision, one that puts our temporary comfort and the avoidance of discomfort ahead of the ultimate goal of our organization.
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I never lie to my fans.
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Jokes that are gratuitously offensive are synonymous with bad writing to me. I'm offended as a writer first and as a person second.
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I'm good friends with Lee Westwood. Bubba, Rickie Fowler. A few of the top hitters.
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You have to captivate and entertain if you want your message to get across.
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A bunch of chairs lined up in front of a podium equals school.
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The historian's job is to aggrandize, promoting accident to inevitability and innocuous circumstance to portent.
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Monk's music is often defined as enigmatic, eccentric and humorous - as if it had little to do with the pain he may have endured to create his art. But I believe Monk routinely shared his history with his audience, no matter how unpalatable that history was, and it is for that very reason that his music connects with people around the globe.
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I've never been good in the financial and business arenas. I handle the creative side of things.
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I think that the difference between 'The Sopranos' and the shows that came before it was that it was really personal. There had been a lot of dramas, a lot of really good ones, a lot of really bad ones, but they were always franchise shows about cops, or doctors, or lawyers. They weren't about the writer himself.
