David Frankel Quotes
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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There's something scary about acting always, because basically you do all this work in a vacuum, and then suddenly there's a lot of money spent making a film, and there's suddenly a camera here, going, 'Right? What are you gonna do?'
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Life moves fast. As much as you can learn from your history, you have to move forward.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on the other.
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There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.
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By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.
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If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors.
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I can change a light fixture, and I can do certain things. But I'm really bad in terms of construction. I can't do any of it on my own.
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We are constantly competing with the monsters from the id.
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The expectation was that 'True Confessions' would be my first published book, but that didn't happen. After it was rejected by every publisher in New York and Canada, I shoved it in a closet and went on to write and publish my next three books.
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I think who you are in school really sticks with you.
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The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?
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Health care is the No. 1 concern of small businesses and the status quo is untenable.
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During the season especially, we take a lot of swings, we play a lot of games, we swing a lot in games, batting practice, all that, so to maintain your shoulder the strongest is one of the key points that we focused on in the offseason.
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Fair treatment of human beings and animals in many different realms strikes a chord with me.
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I think it's important to always keep professional and surround yourself with good people, work hard, and be nice to everyone.
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I need a close contact to the client, whoever it is, and a commitment of the client to go out and do a process together. I want to do the best for him. I need his respect and his patience. I want to work with a sophisticated person who's interested in a good building and not in my name.
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Molecular collision dynamics has been a wonderful area of research for all practitioners. This is especially true for those who were following the footsteps of pioneers and leaders of the field twenty years ago.
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Disasters redistribute money from taxpayers to construction workers, from insurance companies to homeowners, and even from those who once lived in the destroyed city to those who replace them. It's remarkable that this redistribution can happen so smoothly and quickly, with devastated regions reinventing themselves in a matter of months.
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I never went to work on a movie set until I was a producer and director.
