David Frankel Quotes
At any age, we struggle with intimacy. When you're a kid, you think, 'I won't have that problem. I'll have sex whenever I want when I'm a grown-up!' And then, somehow, it doesn't quite turn out that way, and it's so surprising to people that connection remains so challenging even when you're married.
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When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.
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Everybody has to agree that the best thing we can do to start reducing the deficit in this country is to put people back to work.
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I can't take the theater side out of myself.
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I want to play interesting women.
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I think same sex couples should be able to get married.
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Write something beautiful and honest and that makes you very proud.
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In Germany I am not so famous.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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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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The relationship between ARMgold and Harmony continues to develop and grow.
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If you're a novelist, as I am in real life, you're usually so desperate for any kind of feedback.
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I do not play golf regularly, but I feel that hitting the moving ball in cricket is tougher than hitting a stationary ball as in golf, which requires more concentration and steady hands.
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Paris ain't much of a town.
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Yoga means union, in all its significances and dimensions.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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There's a finite amount of time on this planet for each of us. Sometimes, the only way we figure out how to deal with that reality - knowing that there will be an end to every story, and you don't know how many chapters are left in your book - is by living in denial.
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I was very close to my mother, and her death, which left a gaping hole in my life, has been very difficult for me and my father in a lot of ways.
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I am convinced that only by applying the values of an entrepreneur to philanthropy will you ever be able to meet the needs of the greatest number of people.
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When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there.
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Everyone his own cinematographer. His own stream-of-consciousness e-mail poet. His own nightclub DJ. His own political columnist. His own biographer of his top-10 friends!
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The American people need to know the truth. The American people need to see the truth. In a democracy, letting the people know the truth is the essence of what it means to be free.
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Discriminatory wage practices undermine women's ability to provide for their families and survive on a decent retirement income.
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At any age, we struggle with intimacy. When you're a kid, you think, 'I won't have that problem. I'll have sex whenever I want when I'm a grown-up!' And then, somehow, it doesn't quite turn out that way, and it's so surprising to people that connection remains so challenging even when you're married.
