David Cohen Quotes
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When the opportunity came along to do 'Win, Lose or Draw,' I took it selfishly to find out if I did enjoy being me on camera. And I did that for the last two years I was doing 'Mama's Family.'
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I like films to be complete in their written form.
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When I'm in the studio, I don't finish the song and say, 'That's going to be a big ringtone.'
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It is part of my responsibility as a bridge builder to speak the truth about what's great about America, what we've done right, and what our less glorious moments. And many people feel that the Iraq adventure, for example, has been one of our less glorious moments.
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Any conception of human well-being you could plausibly have, the Taliban patently fails to maximize it.
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I've been around - having gone to Princeton, and I went to Oxford after that - some pretty fancy characters in my life. And they're just as nutty as the rest of us - sometimes worse.
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It comes down to a question of attention: it's difficult to use the Net distractedly, unlike the television or the radio.
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Only together do Europe and the U.S. stand a chance of keeping liberal democracy as the central doctrine for organizing world affairs.
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You know sometimes when you're in a really bad mood and you're not sure why? That's how I get sometimes.
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To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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If you're beautiful, you're led to believe that you can't also be smart.
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'LazyTown' is basically about motivation. So what do I call motivation? I call it 'go.' The show is going to inspire kids to go. Go fishing. Go dancing. Go live.
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I am pretty tough as a boss.
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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 would lie in bed, and I was nine years old, and say to myself: 'I want to be the richest man in the world.' I've come a long way from there.
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Each member of the band has varied influences, and the same diversity is reflected in our fanbase.
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I really love Alexa Chung's style. I really think she gets it right all the time. I've never seen a picture of her where I didn't love the outfit.
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I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
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Publication in 'The New Yorker' meant everything, and it's no exaggeration to say that it changed my life.
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You can take anything, and if you explore it right, you can make it funny.
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Now, I know it's a widespread assumption in the West that as countries modernize, they also westernize. This is an illusion. It's an assumption that modernity is a product simply of competition, markets and technology. It is not. It is also shaped equally by history and culture. China is not like the West, and it will not become like the West.
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It's hard going out there and not doing what I can to help this team win.
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Focusing on the right priorities can help you do more faster.
