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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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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If rain was God crying, I think God was drunk and his girlfriend just slept with Zeus.
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There are many tough conversations, but one of the most difficult is between a parent and an adolescent daughter, partly because as a parent we are almost always attempting to relate to someone who is no longer there.
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R&B is never going to be dead, it's just going to evolve.
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The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.
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Americans know more about religion than almost any other topic.
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For Philistines like me, the mysteries of Washington can be both perplexing and wondrous.
