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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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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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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Why do you need to do a fancy cartwheel for before you hit him? It just looks stupid.
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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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One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.
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It's hard for me not to have a great deal of compassion for the last Romanov family because, really, I don't know if a politically savvy ruler would have been able to make the situation turn out much differently.
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The principle of democracy is all about delegation of power by the vast majority of citizens through a few chosen representatives chosen on merit and competence.
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My most-used word was no! I said no to pockets, no to zippers, no to extra loops. In the end, all the products were so slim and light.
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I think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the average American.
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For Philistines like me, the mysteries of Washington can be both perplexing and wondrous.
