David Dinkins Quotes
Well, I'm not sure, but of one thing I am certain: History judges one differently than contemporary observers, and so I think that as time passes, I hope that not me personally so much, but our administration will be seen for some of the things that we accomplished.
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I am a story-teller, and I look to academic research... for ways of augmenting story-telling.
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There's a different energy with a female director, a female at the head of the production. I don't prefer one over the other, but they're definitely different experiences, and I would love to have more of them.
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There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.
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Going out and looking for managers is like going out and looking for rattlesnakes.
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Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.
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I think it's really important that people become aware of the amount, the mass of animals that are sitting in shelters as opposed to people going out and just buying puppies that are being bred.
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Power in politics, sovereignty in America is with we the people, and that is the path to turning this country around: empowering the people.
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All kids are selfish. I wanted to do homework and do my thing and call my agent. My mother's needs weren't in my mind at that moment.
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It's so hard to be the girl in a country song, so we're speaking up.
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I live the way I want to live, and I don't comment on the way that other people live.
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Any idealism is a proper subject for art.
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When I decided to direct, never having done that before, is something I'm very proud of.
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Oh God, I don't know if I ever really felt beautiful. I don't, really.
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I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating... because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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I also found being called Sir rather silly.
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If movies are causing moral decay, then crime ought to be going up, but crime is going down.
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But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.
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There will be a moment in life, whether you're forceful or not, where someone will label you something that is negative.
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How shall I describe Youth, the time of contradictions and anomalies? The fiercest radicalisms, the most dogged conservatisms, irrepressible gayety, bitter melancholy,-all these moods are equally part of that showery spring-time of life.
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Any good broadcast, not just an Olympic broadcast, should have texture to it. It should have information, should have some history, should have something that's offbeat, quirky, humorous, and where called for it, should have journalism, and judiciously it should also have commentary. That's my ideal.
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The Internet is all about accessing entertainment. Realistically, 50 to 80 percent of all traffic is people downloading stuff for free. If you can turn that huge market share into something that you can monetize, even if it is just with ads, you will end up making more money than with all other revenue streams combined.
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You do what is manageable, and you do it well rather than trying to do a thousand things just a little bit OK.
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Well, I'm not sure, but of one thing I am certain: History judges one differently than contemporary observers, and so I think that as time passes, I hope that not me personally so much, but our administration will be seen for some of the things that we accomplished.
