David L. Wolper Quotes
I had been an independent entrepreneur from the beginning, and I felt I could do it myself. I didn't want to get a job.
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Even as a kid, I read 'Jung – Reflections and Individuation In Fairy Tales'; all the inner circle of Jung was a real huge thing for me.
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There is no question that chemical weapons attacks are a heinous abuse of humanity and power. But to assume that military strikes are an effective retribution for the crime committed is wrong.
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You know, my family stood for something that they believed in, and I wasn't about to turn my back on them.
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The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
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People don't understand that all presidents, the minute they become president, get a knock at the door. And there's a man there saying, 'Let's talk about your funeral.' At the time I thought, God, that's a terrible thing. Later on, I thought it was pretty wise.
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I was too prissy, too refined, too abstemious, too French to be a good American writer.
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Would I describe myself as new Labour? I'm Labour, organised Labour. I think labels have a limited use and that's where you really get into boy stuff sometimes, just sticking on labels.
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Forgiveness is a very personal and intimate thing. Forgiveness is not something that you can speak for others because it includes not only your desire and will, your reflection and intellect, but also your emotions.
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I never have a plan of what I am going to draw.
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I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.
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The most irresistible charm of youth is its bubbling enthusiasm. Youth sees no darkness ahead - no defile that has no outlet - it forgets that there is such a thing as failure in the world and believes that mankind has been waiting all these centuries for him to come and be the liberator of truth and energy and beauty.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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I think happiness is a combination of pleasure, engagement and meaningfulness.
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I've certainly not got any famous people's numbers on my phone. It's just not my thing, really.
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If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.
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If my daughter has a bad dream and wants to get into my bed, I'm a sucker for her sweet face and warm body next to mine, so I let her jump in. I should tell her to go to bed, but secretly I love it.
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The translator's task is to create, in his or her own language, the same tensions appearing in the original. That's hard!
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I think that Americans, they love comfort more than Europeans. Americans created the T-shirt, the sweat pants, and they create the best sporting shoes.
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Great companies are built in the office, with hard work put in by a team.
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Never again clutter your days or nights with so many menial and unimportant things that you have no time to accept a real challenge when it comes along.
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I started out as a singer and a musician, and I was taught that your job is just to get out of the way of Brahms or Arthur Miller or Shakespeare and convey the brilliance that they created.
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James Agate, a great critic of the day, advised me that the way to learn your job properly was to learn Shakespeare, so I went to Stratford. It really sorts out the men from the boys.
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I have nine compartments in my brain, and four of them don't stop.
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I had been an independent entrepreneur from the beginning, and I felt I could do it myself. I didn't want to get a job.
