David Lindsay-Abaire Quotes
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I am just like Dr. Armaan - fun-loving, flirtatious, and tension-free. I am serious about my work, but apart from that, I am always playing pranks on people. As a viewer, I relate more to 'Dil Mill Gayye.'
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I'm not faithful to one particular medium, and it's what I try to teach to people who work with me.
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First, how do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security in this new economy? Second, how do we make technology work for us, and not against us - especially when it comes to solving urgent challenges like climate change? Third, how do we keep America safe and lead the world without becoming its policeman?
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The way I work is by infinitely playing a very simple loop over and over, and then I start layering things.
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I would say 'The Master' was one of the most inspiring things I've ever got to work on.
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I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.
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I like elegance. I like art nouveau; a stretched line or curve. These things are very much in the foreground of my work.
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The laws of God, the laws of man he may keep that will and can; not I: let God and man decree laws for themselves and not for me.
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You have to work with the auto industry, the oil companies, you have to work to develop renewable fuel, whether it's solar or different kinds of fuel or whatever.
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My father always said I have a face for radio, and 'Cloverfield' was one of my finest pieces of work.
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I want to do work that has a message and casts a light over an area that's dark. But I'm fun and jovial, too.
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The Marine Corps is some of the best acting training you could have. Having that responsibility for people's lives, suddenly time becomes a really valuable commodity and you want to make the most of it. And for acting, you just have to do the work, just keep doing it.
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All the stuff that you visualized that was going to work so beautifully, you discover is trashed, so you jump to something else.
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I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers' work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver.
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I have reaffirmed my political will to work towards national unity.
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Music really gets me going, so I've always got to make sure I have my iPod to give me energy to work out.
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When I was leaving Yemen to come to America, things were tough. My dad had just been laid off, and it was a challenge. When I lived in Yemen, I thought America was a perfect place. Everything was bigger and better. I dreamed big. The American dream, you know? You have to work hard for your dream to come true.
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I work hard and support myself.
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The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it.
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Whenever somebody folds, say, 'Good laydown.' It encourages them to fold on a later hand because it makes them feel like you had the best hand even if you were bluffing. It's an odd form of flattery that seems to work at the poker table.
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The day after high school, I was off to basic training at the Great Lakes Naval Station. You gotta understand, we didn't care about sports. We wanted to win the war. We wanted to win the war! And at the time, we didn't know if we would.
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The life we’ve been leading couldn’t last forever. It’s a wonder it lasted as long as it did.
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I like Simon Cowell - look at how many great artists have come out of the U.K. because of him.
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I don't want to work on a musical if I'm not the lyricist.
