David Lyons Quotes
For a foreigner, L.A. is such a big, wonderful and weird place that, until you find your niche, you feel a little bit discombobulated.
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I could see myself in some sort of pioneer bonnet, it's my childhood fantasy, but I think I look too Jewish for the prairie.
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If there's one thing that I've done on purpose it's to take whatever job, so long as it's interesting and challenging, whether it's theatre, radio, TV or film.
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I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.
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The Reserve Bank cannot just exist; its ability to say 'no' has to be protected.
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You don't have to paint your walls lime green just to try to have your home feel decorated. If you're a classic dresser or preppy dresser or a modern dresser, you wear a lot of black - whatever it is - your home should reflect that as well.
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You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
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I am not one of these guys who works job after job after job.
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We must not let daylight in upon the magic.
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They are more beautiful than anything in the world, kinetic sculptures, perfect form in motion.
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I remember Nazi election propaganda posters showing a hateful Jewish face with crooked nose.
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In the Depression we had to divert corn acreage.
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I don't turn my nose up at anything. If it's a great part, it's a great part. I'd love to do a box-office hit.
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It's critical to have a sound foundation in free-market economics and the Constitution. A great many Republicans in Washington don't have that foundation.
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My style is very simple, but I love Reese Witherspoon, Kate Hudson and Kate Middleton.
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It takes a little bit more mentally to figure out what I need to do to be most effective. The game is ever evolving. So you have to constantly pay attention to the change because you don't want to be left behind.
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I'm not hard to get along with.
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Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.
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We are a nation in which freedom is alive in the squares and streets, in the daily work of the communications media, in the open relationship between the governing and the governed.
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I'm very involved with all the executives at Televisa.
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The only satisfied rationalists today are blinkered scientists or Marxists.
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Sadly, I haven't had a brain cell since I had children.
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My main piece of advice would be don't worry about being published - just write a really good book, but also don't be afraid to write a bad book. Give yourself permission to fail, and don't be afraid.
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You know, people who almost - yeah, there's a slight reluctance there - but there's also an ambiguity. What are their morals? What is their code of living. What are they really doing here. And it is just interesting because it is never black or white.
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For a foreigner, L.A. is such a big, wonderful and weird place that, until you find your niche, you feel a little bit discombobulated.
