David Lindsay-Abaire Quotes
I'm just writing about people. People are dark and complicated. I'm trying to tell the truth; that's all that I do.
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I don't ever have the pressure of making a hit, because I've never had a hit song, per se. The closest thing to a hit song was 'Shiraz,' and it's not your prototypical hit song, with a catchy hook and all this other stuff.
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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I really try at least to come back and answer the question as to whether that was really the best way to do that and was I really thinking straight and how did my opponents behave and how did the judges behave was needed.
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When I was a young person working, everybody was older than me, so I had to kind of keep up. I'd see every movie and listen to everything played, and read all the relevant books. Being an actor, it's kind of your job to know what came before you and how big your feelings are allowed to be.
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Whether it's through introduction of the right gut bacteria or direct modification of the genes of cows and pigs, I think we're going to have to introduce something like this into our livestock - a way to consume the methane rather than releasing it.
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I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school.
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I'm a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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GaGa is one of my favourites. Her voice is incredible and she's fearless and she's ahead of the game. She's ahead of the entire game, and I admire that.
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Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences; wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism.
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Guys who are charismatic and fun-loving and sweet and generous are the ones I want to date.
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They hate whom they fear.
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Divorce isn't one-sided, and I am by no means perfect. Becoming accountable for my role in the relationship was very empowering.
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Entrepreneurship requires flexibility and an open society, and there will always be people who succeed and people who follow. For those who lead, they have an obligation to create a better life for the people around them.
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My best friend is my husband.
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Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.
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Some of the senior people, the very senior astronauts, shook my hand and said, 'K.C., you did a great job. Don't let anyone tell you different.'
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I'm very klutzy. I've fallen off horses, I've tripped with my high-heeled boots over a stunt guy.
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Unlike the stage, I never found it helpful to be good in a bad movie.
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We'll play jacks and Uno cards I'll be your best friend And you'll be mine
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If you are nice, and keep your promise, we will be in paradise.
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The United States is going to defend itself under any circumstances.
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I'm just writing about people. People are dark and complicated. I'm trying to tell the truth; that's all that I do.
