David Gross Quotes
My father and mother treated us children as intellectual equals, thus greatly bolstering our self-confidence and our interest in ideas of all kinds.
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I've wanted to write comics ever since I figured out it was a job.
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I'm too self-serious for a comedy.
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But you see, I have played more good guys than I have played villains.
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Properties have different characteristics, like companies, and the market throws up more opportunities because it is inefficient.
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
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I don't want to come off as one of those artists that's not down to earth and real.
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I went to a strict elementary school with nuns, and uniforms that I'm pretty sure were made out of sandpaper. It was an academic, sports-oriented place. I liked to read, and wanted to act, and didn't try out for volleyball. I was weird. The other girls would dip my hair in ink and stuff.
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We need a commander in chief that speaks the truth. We will not defeat radical Islamic terrorism so long as we have a president unwilling to utter the words 'radical Islamic terrorism'.
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I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.
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As I view the Republicans in Congress, I don't see them as a real reflection of many Republicans in our country.
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I don't have time to think about age. There are so many things to do.
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Much as my Boomer friends will hate me for saying this, Kanye West is the New Dylan. Not only do Kanye's best lyrics match Dylan's prescience, highly inventive word-play and genius for storytelling, his indefatigable cockiness eerily channels Muhammad Ali.
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We tell applicants, 'If you don't intend to be here for life, you needn't apply.'
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I worry about everything in the world, and it's just too much for anybody to think about, so I have my art as my consolation.
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It's hard to write a comedy sketch.
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Radio is a really strange business now, too. There's a very narrow door and a very few people control what gets played.
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I got to do a lot of good things at a young age. I really kind of knocked out my bucket list when I was really young.
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I went to Phoenix, Arizona for 'Angel Unchained,' and they'd hire the bike gang from Phoenix to be extras in the movie.
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At 17, I went away to Pau in the south of France for a few months to study domestic science - including cleaning windows with newspaper and water - while living with a Catholic family with 10 children.
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If you would ask my mom what books I liked growing up, I liked Dr. Seuss.
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Why should I say I will retire in three or four years? You retire the very moment you utter those words.
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My father and mother treated us children as intellectual equals, thus greatly bolstering our self-confidence and our interest in ideas of all kinds.
