David Ives Quotes
Lists are anti-democratic, discriminatory, elitist, and sometimes the print is too small.
Quotes to Explore
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I like to think I'm quite brave. I stand up for myself.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
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I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.
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Ever since it was announced that Ryan Murphy intended to produce 'The People v. O.J. Simpson,' I have been inundated with the question as to 'How do I feel about it?' All I can say is, for me, it was personally the most heartbreaking tragedy that altered my life forever.
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One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'
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Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.
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The art world is a very prissy little thing over in the corner, while the major cultural forces are being determined by techno science.
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It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing.
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I'm not crazy. I play a lot of crazy characters, but I'm an actor.
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No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.
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Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.
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For some reason, Superman seems to be held to higher standards on the subject of secret/super identities than other superheroes. No one ever says, 'Peter Parker was a nerdy kid. He can't possibly be Spider-Man, attract a good-looking gal, work in a newspaper, etc.' And no one gets hung up on whether his nerdiness is a disguise.
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A lot of young men are frustrated and looking for someone to blame.
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I think that casting is probably the most important thing in television production.
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The foreigners come out here always to teach, whereas they had much better learn, for, in everything but wits and knowledge, the Arab is generally the better man of the two.
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I started modeling with a very negative part of me – I didn't really like myself or how I looked because I was very tall for a Japanese girl.
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I certainly think it's really important that folks in the metropolitan area be able to meet the increased cost of living.
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I just knew at an early time in my life how important privacy was.
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In 'Spinal Tap,' there's the fake historical quality of 'Stonehenge.' It's something the musicians look at with a mystical reverence. In folk music, it's the seriousness with which these people approach their 'art.'
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Colour is really important to me when buying clothes. I wear a lot of fitted jackets, and because I'm small, I avoid long skirts and coats. And I hate wearing hats.
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It is absurd that so much money has been wasted on manipulating public opinion, on simulating emotion. This nation is notorious for its ability to make or fake anything cheaply. 'Made-in-China' goods now fill homes around the world. But our giant country has a small problem. We can’t manufacture the happiness of our people.
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About a billion years ago, long before the continents had separated to define the ancient oceans, or their own outlines had been determined, a small protuberance jutted out from the northwest corner of what would later become North America.
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Lists are anti-democratic, discriminatory, elitist, and sometimes the print is too small.
