David Letterman Quotes
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Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.
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Even as a kid, I'd have a recorder, and I'd lean it up against a TV and record 'I Love Lucy.' I loved hearing the audience laughing. It was really exciting to me.
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I think the greatest privilege you have as an artist is time to nurture what you want to make; that's super luxurious. For you to rush into something, that doesn't feel fun to me. I'm living life in order to be able to write about it.
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Most high-level models that I've ever met are actually well-travelled; they're cultured, and no guy laying a cheesy line on them is actually going to impact their world.
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I guess I'd love to be surprised by something I had never thought of.
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A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.
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None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
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My customers are successful workingwomen.
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The owner of the New York Yankees, Mr. George Steinbrenner who I had the greatest respect for, I want to thank him for giving me the opportunity to win that special ring in 1996.
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Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
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I don't think anyone should be banned. If you don't like a book, set it aside.
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Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood.
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I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter.
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The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to think.
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Even though the popularity and the fanbase is much much greater, and more people have heard about me through things like the Grammys and the Ivors and touring and word of mouth, it doesn't reflect in the sales of the record and doesn't go into my pocket.
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I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.
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My first job entailed spending a summer working in a cornfield in Nebraska.
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Without a Jewish state, the iron truth of history is that the Jewish people sooner or later become even more vulnerable to the next wave of anti-Semitism.
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Onions and bacon cooking up just makes your kitchen smell so good. In fact, one day I'm going to come up with a room deodorizer that smells like bacon and onions. It's a fabulous smell.
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It has become progressively clearer that the plastic expression of true reality is attained through dynamic movement in equilibrium. Plastic art affirms that equilibrium can only be established through the balance of unequal but equivalent oppositions.
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It's no use crying over spilt milk, because all of the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.
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'I shall soon be rested,' said Fanny; 'to sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure, is the most perfect refreshment.'
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My generation had Doris Day as a role model, then Gloria Steinem--then Princess Diana. We are the most confused generation.
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Traffic signals in New York are just rough guidelines.
