David L. Wolper Quotes
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Producing food to eat is the single most destructive environmental activity humans engage in.
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When I sing, people shut up.
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If something is personal to you, you are much more likely to act.
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I started to travel like this at the age of 15 so for me, it's normal. Some days you get tired and you feel, 'I want to stay at home a little bit more,' but it's only the moment.
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The ego being shattered is not what frightens me - that can be useful for writing - but the ego being inflated is sort of like it dying of gout.
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When I was in high school I was 250 pounds.
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I don't know my armpit from my elbow in Los Angeles.
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Puberty for a girl is like floating down a broadening river into an open sea.
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Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.
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I love lamps. I can't stand overhead lighting. I have to have everything on a dimmer.
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Under the veneer of Westernization, the cultures of the Indian world - which have existed for 30,000 years! - continue to live. Sometimes in a magical way, sometimes in the shadows.
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One of the greatest fears of the Arab world is a direct conflict between Israel and the Islamic State.
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My career is my girlfriend.
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The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.
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When I look at my daughter, who's 24, she is much more confident than I ever was and her expectations are higher. But I worry that there is a backlash brewing against progress on equality.
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Generally speaking, the public appetite for criminal justice policy is just tough talk.
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I remember feeling that. I couldn't do, nor did I want to do, the kinds of roles I'd been doing.
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Start your day in a upward direction, and the rest of the day will follow the uphill path.
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My musical ambitions are not that great. I make music I like, and thankfully - for my ability to make an (fairly...) honest living - at least some others like the music too.
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People have to render judgment. In my case, I've said upfront openly, I've made mistakes at times. I've had to go to God for forgiveness. I've had to seek reconciliation. But I'm also a 68-year-old grandfather, and I think people have to measure who I am now and whether I'm a person they can trust.
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Writing for young children I find I often use particular jokes with words and exaggerated, funny events, but some of these haunt the more complex stories for older children too.
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My whole life sort of ended when my mom died.
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Garnishments tend to happen when people hide from their debts and stop making even minimum payments. Eventually, creditors sell the debt to a collection agency.
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I don't call four hours a miniseries.
