David Harsanyi Quotes
For Philistines like me, the mysteries of Washington can be both perplexing and wondrous.
Quotes to Explore
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I know what to do and I go and execute.
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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 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 status quo - Obamacare - is not acceptable.
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My dark side, my shadow, my lower companion is now in the back room blowing up balloons for kids' parties.
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...the joy of winning the World Cup cannot be compared with any amount of money
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Interestingly, however, we found that participants consistently underestimated their intake of the candies on their desks yet overestimated how much they ate when the candies were farther away.
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Reader was by far the most popular feed reader out there, and its user base had been in a steep decline for two years before Google decided to shut it down.
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I'm not intimidated by other actors at all - or directors. I don't care who they are. But I am intimidated by writers. I hold them in the highest esteem.
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I'd rather look good in my coffin than bad in my coffin.
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For Philistines like me, the mysteries of Washington can be both perplexing and wondrous.
