David Cook Quotes
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In 1949 - my father stayed on in Shanghai after the war. But in 1949, the Communists took over the whole of China, and in fact, my father was caught by the Communists in Shanghai. And he was there for about a year until he was finally able to get out.
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Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss.
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Only four secretaries of defense served longer than Robert M. Gates. Many others were as dedicated; many sacrificed a great deal. Alone among them all, however, Mr. Gates had the task of turning around two wars that the U.S. was losing.
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Realizing full well that fine condition and confidence will not in themselves make a champion, it is my belief, however, that they are essential factors.
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In 1921, Harry Houdini started his own film company called - wait for it - the Houdini Picture Corporation.
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While prices of goods continue to rise, American worker's wages remain stagnant.
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What people see is just your career graph and the films you do. But that's a very small aspect of my life.
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We give a lot of others significance in our lives even when they don't deserve it. It doesn't matter if they're family or if you've known them forever. If they're not good for you, they've got to go.
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Making your first feature film is actually impossible.
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When I was growing up, it was so embarrassing to be from Jersey.
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There are many kids in and out of baseball who think that just because they have some natural talent, they have the world by the tail.
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
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I think, for any actor, dealing with the paranormal is intriguing.
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I'm trying to work, be diverse and multi-talented.
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I am going to be contradictory to myself many times for the simple reason that I am trying to bring all the religions to a higher synthesis. Different approaches have to be joined together. I am creating an orchestra.
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Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world.
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The death penalty question should be put on the agenda in Hungary.
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It's nice to see a movie where people are actually succeeding.
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Punk was sort of an angry stance against things that had happened just before, against the pop of glam rock, against progressive rock. Music had become very staid and it was about the playing and people obsessed. Eric Clapton was God and we needed an enema within the art form, and punk did do that.
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The phrase 'private option' itself has become politically toxic.
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It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.
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When you know something in your heart, you better not be quiet about it. You better speak out about it.
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Being performers, that's what we do: We put on shows and want people to watch.
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Some of the best rock shows I ever saw were those appealing to all your senses.
