David E. Kelley Quotes
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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I really like using the softening cream. It helps me go out there with confidence to do what I need to do, and at the same time, it's very functional and helps keep the hair out of my mouth so I can focus on pitching.
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As far as Israel, I am not worried about the relations between Israel and the United States.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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A good amount of the guys wanted to date me. Even older guys looking at me. It took some getting used to.
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I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.
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If you've got unemployment, low pay, that was just too bad. But that was the system. That was the sort of economy and philosophy against which I was fighting in the 1930s.
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In general, while Trump has been a master of Twitter, he has shown an aversion to, and ignorance of, technology itself.
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My wife never throws anything at me that I can't handle.
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I remember having an argument with Alan, I said the Queen's not just going to call the guy up and send him out to do it. And Alan says, well, how would a monarch give orders to her assassin.
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As awful as crime can be, it's what happens afterward - the struggling to get out of bed, to put one foot in front of the other - that alters people.
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Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.
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I think a lot of people want me to be like the characters in the books: they want that kind of congruence.
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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Experimenting with your own life is the most fundamental medium we have.
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Hollywood so often likes to make movies that are just about itself. I felt there were a lot of stories that were yet to be told in the middle of the country, and I wanted to capture some of that beauty.
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You cannot underestimate people's ability to spot a soulless, bureaucratic tactic a million miles away. It's a big reason why so many companies that have dipped a toe in social media waters have failed miserably.
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I have 'To Kill A Mockingbird' signed by Harper Lee. That is my prized possession.
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I'm staying focused and clear about what I want in life, and I'm going to get it, man.
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The best way to get anybody's attention is dinner. I have good kitchen skills and good grocery shopping skills.
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Cities are about juxtaposition. In Florence, classical buildings sit against medieval buildings. It's that contrast we like. In Bordeaux, we built law courts right next door to what is effectively a listed historic building, and that makes it exciting.
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My theory of change is that there are already millions of people working day in and day out on the ground to deliver on promises on global change. We need to strengthen those institutions and help those people in the field.
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Well, look, I'm as Tea Party as it gets.
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So I think a writer should write what he loves, the people he relates to.