David Merrick Quotes
My attitude is like that of the alley cat - the alley cat that's not quite trustful, that's always watching for someone to leap on him.
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What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?
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I think, when I was younger, I believed in - and yearned for - conventional beauty. I thought there was a spectrum from ugly to beautiful, and that you could objectively plot everyone you saw along it.
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People don't believe in me very much, but I have my teammates and my family that believe in me so much; they see how hard I work.
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Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
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The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.
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I want women to have more access to quality care, and the access to healthcare for women is not through Planned Parenthood; it is through community health centers across the state.
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I'm aware that given what I've done in the past - and having a well-known parent - that people will be very quick to judge my path more than others, but I have to just not care.
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Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.
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The music led to the acting. But movies aren't something you can just will yourself into. Someone has to choose you, and you have to be quite fortunate to be chosen.
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'Nappy' is a state of mind, not an appearance.
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When I was young, we were taught not to dunk. We were taught not to stand out from the rest of the team. It's different now.
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I could not finish the rest of the tours the band had planned. I was replaced by Matt Cameron. The next years of my life were about recovery, healing, and right living. I never lost the need to create.
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In Singapore, Malcolm X type of activity would be extremely difficult because the government can be very harsh on lawbreakers.
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We know over very national survival is at stake; and we believe that we should support our troops, yes, and work for an outcome that results in victory.
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A pig's trotter is a fantastic thing. The first night of my honeymoon in Paris, my wife fell asleep in her steak tartare, so my trotter kept me company.
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Those who call me an opportunist are following the old rule: If you can't attack the data, attack the person.
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There's a balance in my life. There's reality, and there's the part that looks really glamorous, but we're all just people in the end.
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Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison.
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I try to reciprocate and to give back to the fans with my performances, like a big 'thank you' for the love they show me.
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I have a very childish attitude to books - a very non-analytic enthusiasm... like Alice falling down the chute.
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I didn't know how to show my self love, and I didn't want anyone else to hurt me. So my tough girl attitude was like, 'I'm not having it.'
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All my work is always that exploration of human nature.
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I love Levon Helm - he's one of my favorite guys.
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My attitude is like that of the alley cat - the alley cat that's not quite trustful, that's always watching for someone to leap on him.
