David Elkind Quotes
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When it's those division games, that's when it gets ramped up for me.
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Every so often when I'm writing, a character might actually be a distinct person in my head - often not an actor or a face, literally a person who just seems to exist in my imagination. Then the challenge is finding somebody who is close enough to that to make me feel like I've ended up where I wanted to be.
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I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.
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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
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If you don't want to get bored with what you're doing, you have to change.
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Above all, we must avoid the pitfalls of tribalism. If we are divided among ourselves on tribal lines, we open our doors to foreign intervention and its potentially harmful consequences.
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At some particular time, when I was 14 years old, I've done something that people didn't expect.
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Since 1987, when I got my first one, I've been wearing a clock around my neck 24/7. You feel me? 24/7.
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Typically on a TV series, the writers on a show are writing for their life almost every episode. When someone sits down to write a Netflix show, they know there's going to be a 13th hour.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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Of course there are times when I think, 'I'd be better out of this.'
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It is key that Kansas Citians make the call as to what kind of airport they want.
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One thing I've done is surround myself with people who are as good as me or better.
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I remember the great atmosphere and the great stadium.
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If in 1989 I said, 'I have an idea: Bottle water and sell it. And charge more than a beer,' they would have chased me around with a giant butterfly net. The same with paying to watch a television station.
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I want to save duets and collaborations for outside of the album. With the albums, I like it just being me.
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I went to boarding school from the age of eight - first to prep school, then to Eton. One thing that kind of education teaches you is community living: there's little retreat. That's why people come out of it and talk about lifelong friendships forged in the furnace.
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Peter had a genius for imitation; but he lacked true genius, which is creative and makes all from nothing.
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It's a lot of years. Not many guys get the opportunity to play their whole career with one organization, and I'm very happy.
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At first she dreamed of sheep, of going to school, of cats drinking milk. Little by little she dreamed of blue sheep, of going to school in the middle of the woods, of cats drinking milk from golden saucers. And her dreams became increasingly dense and acquired colours that were difficult to dilute into words.
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No one can make fun of overweight people in front of me!
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Live for today, but hold your hands open to tomorrow. Anticipate the future and its changes with joy. There is a seed of God's love in every event, every unpleasant situation in which you may find yourself.
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Play is not only our creative drive; it's a fundamental mode of learning.
