David Lindsay-Abaire Quotes

From a young age, I was rubbing elbows with a very different kind of person and social class, and I felt a lot of tension and conflict in my identity because of that.

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• Even when you write it, someone's got to play it. So if you can play it and bypass all the rest of the things, you're still doing as great as someone that has spent forty years trying to find out how to do that. I'm really pro-human beings, pro-expression of everything.

  

  Ornette Coleman
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• If you don't ponder the end of the world on a regular basis, I don't think you're really human.

  

  Edan Lepucki
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• With 'Mad Men,' people who grew up or were living in that time, they love to talk about what it was really like.

  

  Cara Buono
  • People
  • Time
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• The best people to provide valuable information about any society are the children of that society who belong to its culture and are part of its collective conscience.

  

  Wadah Khanfar
  • People
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• When I was younger, I was insecure for about 10 years: I wore glasses, had a cow's lick, buck teeth and braces. I looked ridiculous.

  

  Jack Whitehall
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• All too many Muslims fail to grasp Islam, which teaches one to be lenient towards others and to understand their value systems, knowing that these are tolerated by Islam as a religion.

  

  Abdurrahman Wahid
  • Value
  • Religion
  • Islam

• I think that young women and little girls need to see that they don't have to be the damsel in distress. They don't have to not show their strength. They don't have to be whatever the stereotype is or the tropes that we go to in our minds.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Women
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• All I did was ask for rights. I didn't attack anyone. I didn't harass anyone. I didn't oppose the system or the country or the authority. All I said is, 'Why can't I drive?'

  

  Manal al-Sharif
  • Country
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• My daughter's still so tiny at the moment; she's just a sweet little meaty thing. But of course, you always think about what you want for them, don't you, and like any parent I want my children to be happy more than anything.

  

  Olivia Colman
  • Children
  • She
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• Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
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• A theory can be proved by experiment; but no path leads from experiment to the birth of a theory.

  

  Manfred Eigen
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• I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.

  

  Aaron Paul
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• Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.

  

  Flo Rida
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• My low center of gravity allows me to defend takedowns a lot better than most people. It's very hard to get to my legs. It's going to be really hard to take me down. There are a lot of positives to being my size.

  

  Daniel Cormier
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• When I give notes on a script, I say, 'Guys, I may drift, but it's part of the process.' So I'm aware that I'm drifting, but I'm grabbing a lot of stuff.

  

  Garry Shandling
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• I like to encourage young talented writers to try and help them get published and so forth, but that's all. That's the best I can do.

  

  Oscar Hijuelos
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• I'm a fan of creating the mood and vibe with flowers, candles, and music. I love making my guests feel like it's not formal and they can relax in my home.

  

  Karen Elson
  • Music
  • Feel
  • Mood

• I wouldn't mind being the lead guitarist in an incredibly successful rock band. However, I don't play the guitar.

  

  Ian Mcewan
  • Mind
  • Band
  • Rock

• I have invested in the stock market since I was very young.

  

  Christie Hefner
  • Stock

• In my early 30s, I started to realise I was avoiding something on a personal level, but also as a writer. I was in denial about who I was, and was trying to be someone who I was not.

  

  Ayad Akhtar
  • Trying

• The B Team can catalyse initiatives.

  

  Jochen Zeitz
  • Team

• In the future, women will increasingly want men who can nurture them and connect with them.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Men
  • Women
  • Future

• The audience is not your boss. They are your collaborators and when you collaborate with someone you don't have to listen to everything they think or say.

  

  Baron Vaughn
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• From a young age, I was rubbing elbows with a very different kind of person and social class, and I felt a lot of tension and conflict in my identity because of that.

  

  David Lindsay-Abaire
  • Different
  • Age
  • Identity