David Harsanyi Quotes
For Philistines like me, the mysteries of Washington can be both perplexing and wondrous.
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I know what to do and I go and execute.
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People always ask me about 'Girls' with this kind of hesitation. What do I think of it? I love it. It's awesome. I get a lot of Where do you come down on this? I come down on the side of 'Yay, Lena Dunham. Congratulations. I'm jealous.' She's doing something so fantastic. Maybe it's not for everybody, but it certainly is for me.
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There are lots of emotions that go with the Fourth of July.
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In writing a little tragedy, 'The Gaol Gate,' I made the scenario in three lines, 'He is an informer; he is dead; he is hanged.' I wrote that play very quickly.
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Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
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My label in Toronto was 'Stand Pat' and I think that was a fair assessment. I tried to be patient, but if a trade came along - big or small - that I thought should be made, I would make it.
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The grandeur of Jerusalem is also... its problem.
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When I was young, I'd fight everyone who insisted I'd be an actress. I'd say, 'No way. I'm going to be a veterinarian. I'm going to work at Wetzel's Pretzels.'
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The Highlander was a documentary, and events happened in real time.
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I can't wait to start something up myself that is actually about giving unsigned bands the exposure they deserve, especially when they travel so far to play the smallest gig they've ever played in their lives.
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When I first moved to New York, I was still returning to Tennessee every few months to perform.
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I hate the fact that people think 'compromise' is a dirty word.
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It's possible to train great people, but a person with great training who doesn't have certain characteristics is only going to go so far.
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I am interested in things happening around me, and I need to understand what's going on in other artistic sectors like music and literature.
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It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.
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One night stands are not for me. I think it's gross when you just give it up.
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I'll probably always be 'Timothy Spall's son' and it's something I'm proud of. Maybe one day as well as that, they'll say of Timothy Spall that 'He's Rafe Spall's dad'.
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In being aware of others' hunger, we contribute to a more empathic world.
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Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.
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The powerful notion of entropy, which comes from a very special branch of physics … is certainly useful in the study of communication and quite helpful when applied in the theory of language.
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I do read a lot, and I think in recent years the ratio between the amount of non-fiction and fiction has tipped quite considerably. I did read fiction as a teenager as well, mostly because I was forced to read fiction, of course, to go through high school.
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I am the president of the youth of France.
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For Philistines like me, the mysteries of Washington can be both perplexing and wondrous.
