David Farr Quotes
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U.S. foreign policy is Manichaean. It's like a Hollywood movie. You have to know who has the white hat and who has the black hat and then go against the black hat.
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I love working the legislative process.
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All the time I was writing hit songs with my partner David Porter, I always had the yen to perform. Sure did. And when the opportunity came, I took it. The first album, 'Presenting Isaac Hayes,' didn't do so hot, but it was like a prelude for what was to come.
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I don't know what to do or where to turn in this taxation matter. Somewhere there must be a book that tells all about it, where I could go to straighten it out in my mind. But I don't know where the book is, and maybe I couldn't read it if I found it.
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You have to love what you do to want to do it everyday.
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I'm under five feet; I'm very small, 4'11 1/2.
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The thing that is so great about Ang Lee is the diversity in his filmmaking, from 'Brokeback...' to 'The Hulk.'
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I am a certified yoga teacher and I love to cycle and swim.
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Winston Cup and the Busch Series are two totally different leagues. You get put in different situations.
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I love young men, lots of them, your ancient masculine double standard.
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Architecture will always express the technical and social progress of the country in which it is carried out. If we wish to give it the human content that it lacks, we must participate in the political struggle.
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Writing is always a restorative process. It's like paddling a kayak. When you're writing, you can't do anything else. You're in the space you're in. So, in that way, it's enormously centering and restorative.
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Our relationships are precious, valuable treasures from heaven, and we should handle them carefully, always looking for ways to build bridges to each other's hearts.
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About no subject is there less philosophizing than about philosophy.
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I was a 'young adult' when I wrote 'The Outsiders,' although it was not a genre at the time. It's an interesting time of life to write about, when your ideals get slammed up against reality, and you must compromise.
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The simple things in life make me very happy.
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However, we still have the problem of free travel and movement, since the Travel Documents issued by UNMIK as the substitute to passports, are not fully recognized yet by all countries.
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I love drama. Drama is, like, my thing. I want a movie that will move something inside me, that's going to shift something and keep me thinking.
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One of my favorite comedies is 'Shaun of the Dead.'
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When I was six, the Korean War broke out, and all the classrooms were destroyed by war. We studied under the trees or in whatever buildings were left.
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We shouldn't let anti-science zealotry shut down the ability to produce low-cost, quality food for billions across the globe.
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New York City is crazy; there are people everywhere. New York is the best city in the world, I think. You have everything there.
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The story of Ilium, the ancient city of Troy, has always gripped me.
