David E. Kelley Quotes
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There's the wonder of being able to do research from your own living room, of course. I do find that my biggest research issue, though, is how to frame my questions.
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I am a big PETA supporter, and their East Coast headquarters is the Sam Simon building, and their West Coast headquarters is in the Bob Barker building.
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I think everyone is forgetting what plastic surgery is for - if you have a face-eating tumour, lose a breast or are involved in a car accident, then it's a good idea.
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The story of 'A Dog's Purpose' flowed into me a set piece. The entire book was just there, as if I were connected to a streaming service, a novel wholly formed of character and plot. This has never happened to me before or since. I prayed for help and I got it. A gift.
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A lot of people have asked whether acting is in my genes. I don't know if anyone is born to act. And it certainly wasn't pushed on me. It was something I wanted to do.
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If a great outfit gets you one step closer to feeling good about yourself, then it's worth every penny.
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Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls.
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You've got to be closer to the edge than ever to win. That means sometimes you go over the edge, and I don't mean driving, either.
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I basically say I'm on tour all the time, because one tour goes into the next.
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And I haven't read a lot of blogs but if someone writes about what they care about I'm sure it's interesting.
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The first time I fell in love, I was in my 20s, and I loved someone right till I was 31. And then I felt that emotion died within me. I wasn't feeling alive at all.
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People say that this new generation is so used to the Internet that their heads are already different. They can't read a book from beginning to end. That is not a tragedy. The book changes form.
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Let's face it, the great comedians now that are handicapped in the looks department are tremendous writers.
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I've been playing my instrument since I was about three or four. That's when I started banging around on the piano, trying to be like The Beatles.
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I see a New York where there is no barrier to the God-given potential of every New Yorker. I see a New York where everyone who wants a good job can find one. I see a New York where the people can believe in a grounded government again.
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It is a mistake to think that we can control the breeding of mankind in the long run by an appeal to conscience.
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Anyone is welcome to hang out with me and have fun or sit down with me and talk. I don't discriminate against anyone. And I don't condone hating someone or treating them badly because they live differently than I do.
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I think soul is soul. I don't see new soul as any different to old soul.
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Networking is rubbish; have friends instead.
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What I find interesting about Captain Action is that he is more an adventurer and spy than he is a soldier.
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People come along and impose their own stuff on plays, and it shows.
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Without a shadow of doubt, Trafalgar Square has to be one of the most crap urban public spaces in the world.
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You learn more when things go wrong.
