David Friedman Quotes
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I think that a lot of women that know they're going to be part of history somehow decide to have a character to be remembered by.
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I've been in more laps than a napkin.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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Jose Mourinho is a big star... he's cool.
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There is kind of an underground conservative movement in Hollywood, really.
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.
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There was nothing about 'The Killing' that patronized its audience, and it was quite slow and detailed, all of the things which, for a long time, people had been nervous of making.
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Most importantly, nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of liberty remain the essential defining attributes of our national character as a people.
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Israel reoccupied the cities of the West Bank by a unilateral action, and reestablished the civil and military occupation by a unilateral action, and it is the one that determines whether or not a Palestinian citizen has the right to reside in any part of the Palestinian Territory.
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I thought what would be really just choice for a revamp and a reboot is 'The Greatest American Hero.' I think I'd be just that kind of perfect not prepared for this kind of thing, but thrust into circumstances he's not prepared for... that's another niche of mine. Unpreparedness. Not knowing what to do. I'm good at being that guy.
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I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom.
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The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.
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I write a book a year while creating TV and film projects. And being a writer isn't just writing: I have to chase down paychecks and manage foreign tax payments. I maintain a vibrant relationship with readers and bloggers. And when it comes to Hollywood, I typically have to have fifteen business meetings in the hopes that one leads to a project.
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I'm in a sketch comedy group in school and I also do stand-up.
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The various forms of intellectual activity which together make up the culture of an age, move for the most part from different starting-points, and by unconnected roads.
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All the characters on 'Girls' are growing and changing, which is how real people behave, especially when we're young, trying to figure out who we are, doing things that are the polar opposite of our characteristics.
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I see the world in rectangles. If I am talking to someone, I find myself analysing their face, working out how to recreate it in bricks.
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People want to be friends with someone who likes to have a good time.
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I've had to learn how to say no to things, and have people around me that don't push me too hard, because I'll go until I just crash. I don't have a stop button.
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I would love to make my entire career as the guy who did not get cheered. Of course, I'm still going to get cheered by people who think they're smart, and that's fine - they're acknowledging how good I am at my job - but I don't want cheers; I want the boos. I love it.
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I do not write about nice people. I am not nice people. Neither is anyone I have ever cared deeply about.
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I think of my songs as there to be something to move people emotionally.
