David Duchovny Quotes
Sometimes the better the writing, the harder it is to play because you really want to service it.
Quotes to Explore
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A healthy economics has got to have both conceptual, theoretical research and applied, empirical research.
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I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.
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I've had the experience of having a book praised but then it doesn't sell. Or not praised but then it sells.
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Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.
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I don't really desire things. I prefer to spend my money on experiences, on meals or travel.
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You know, people always ask, 'What are you like offstage?' And I always say, 'Well, I'm completely normal and mellow.'
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You would not believe how much time people waste in a day. And how little time they put into things they genuinely love.
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The concept of monogamy is an inheritance of a medieval time, when family would carry the tradition of the name and certain privileges. It's a way of organizing society, perhaps.
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There comes a point in nearly every book event I've done when a little feminist revolt stirs inside the crowd.
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The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.
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All of a sudden I discovered that I'm allergic to caviar. It was the perfect metaphor for my life. When I was only able to afford bad caviar, I could certainly eat my fill of it.
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Hillary Clinton almost got to be president. The reasons why she didn't become president had to do with bad judgments about how to handle the early caucus states, which is not a gender-specific trait.
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I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it.
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Look what Disney's done to their animation department. There wasn't an animator in charge of their animation unit!
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America is huge.
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And so, the youngsters you have today, even though there are far fewer of them - in World War II 16.5 million men and women in uniform, today roughly a million in uniform in spite of the fact that the country is almost twice as large a population as we had in World War II.
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There's always room to volunteer. I think that's a huge space to be involved with.
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I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention.
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The Ferguson Grand Jury's decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown is a miscarriage of justice. It is a slap in the face to Americans nationwide who continue to hope and believe that justice will prevail.
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I teach people that no matter what the situation is, no matter how chaotic, no matter how much drama is around you, you can heal by your presence if you just stay within your center.
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To me, the decathlon is its own little society and I am part of that culture.
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When I'm in heavy-duty writing mode, there's something great about reading a series. Soothing, but not distracting too much.
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I started in business journalism from the outside, so when I started writing about markets and business, I was struck by the fact that markets seemed to work well even though people are often irrational, lack good information and are not perfect in the way they think about decisions.
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Sometimes the better the writing, the harder it is to play because you really want to service it.
