David H. Koch Quotes
I'm basically a libertarian, and I'm a conservative on economic matters, and I'm a social liberal.
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I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out.
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I need to work to feel well.
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I do know that you have to choose between the logic of reconciliation and the logic of justice. Pure justice leads to new civil war. I prefer the negotiable revolution.
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The sense of one's past is so strong and forms our sense of self so strongly, it will always fascinate, elude and confuse me.
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I have to give importance to my personal life, my family, parents, and sisters. I hope I can strike the right balance.
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I am happy with being a tennis player and the choice I took when I was 12. But clearly, if I wouldn't have been a tennis player, I would have loved to be a soccer player. But again, I am happy with the choice I made.
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When I was sixteen I started acting, and I also started to embrace my tradition and culture. I had a young medicine man interpret for me what it is to be an Indian. He really caught me at a good time because I was really vulnerable after the loss of my parents with all of the feelings of abandonment.
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Textbook survival tells you to stay put. Stop. Wait for rescue. Don't take any risks. But there'd been a whole host of survival shows like that and I didn't really want to do that.
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The camera never lies, man. I've learned that. If you allow it, it will see right through you, which is kind of cool.
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I studied psychology and sociology. I think my assumption was that I would go to graduate school, and I don't know what I was going to do after that.
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We are living our lives more online and you need to have different ways to capture that.
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Mr. Cosby wanted to do a show not about an upper-middle-class black family, but an upper-middle-class family that happened to be black. Though it sounds like semantics, they're very different approaches.
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I got all A's and was hated for it; I spoke correctly and was called a punk.
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I had two experiences with very close friends of mine who experienced aphasia, the loss of language. It shocked me.
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I think the media is a fear-mongering operation. They love to rile their viewership up or to scare them.
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I feel like the better version of myself is on paper... I'd rather have people know me on paper.
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I have 'Happy Birthday' in multiple languages on my iPod - I like to play it at company birthday parties.
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Cyberterrorism has become an increasingly prevalent and serious threat here in America, both to individuals and businesses.
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The greatest invention in the world is the mind of a child.
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I'm pretty easy going, I think.
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One never learns to understand truly anything but what one loves.
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Many critics, when trying to praise a short-story collection, will say that it has the heft and scope of a good novel. But for me, one of the highest compliments you can pay a novel is to say that it has the rich texture and eloquent detail of a good story collection.
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Here is an old Oriental proverb: *A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.* It is difficult to anticipate just how a situation will develop in every detail until you take a step forward and try out your present equipment. Then, if weaknesses appear, you will have clues as to how to strengthen your resources. No scheme or plan is perfect. Perfection is a process, not an end.
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I'm basically a libertarian, and I'm a conservative on economic matters, and I'm a social liberal.
