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 loved fairy tales as a kid, so that's where my mind gravitates.
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I'm a very good storyteller; I have a lot of compassion for people. That's very useful for a novelist. A lot of novelists are snots. They're just mean people. I'm not a terribly skilled stylist, nor do I want to be. I want a lot of people to read one of my stories and go, 'That was pretty cool.'
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For me, it's always been draining to be around people for too long because I'm naturally a pretty expressionless person. From an early age, I found being alone incredibly liberating.
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There is total unanimity that the most serious threat facing the United States and Israel is a nuclear-armed Iran.
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For a long time I felt like I was fighting my age, like I was constantly trying to prove to people that I was a savvy peer, and I felt them viewing me as a kid. I was a cocky kid, and I felt like I was an adult at, like, 9, you know? I think that’s because my parents always treated me as an adult.
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I think of my songs as there to be something to move people emotionally.
