David Merrick Quotes
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My father was in law enforcement growing up. He was a probation officer. And I've always understood the point of view of the peace officer, you know, because of my dad.
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In real life, I'm polite and nice all the time. It's fun to play people who aren't. It's escapism.
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Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned.
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Your life, your circumstances change, and you have to continue to grow as a person, and once you have means and opportunity, you have to make different choices to protect what you have.
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I make a lot of money, but I don't want to talk about that.
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I think it's really important that people become aware of the amount, the mass of animals that are sitting in shelters as opposed to people going out and just buying puppies that are being bred.
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We must remember that as the centuries go by, time will pass.
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A little man often cast a long shadow.
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I have the attention span of a mosquito from multitasking and all the things that have affected my poor little brain.
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Golf is a puzzle without an answer. I've played the game for 40 years and I still haven't the slightest idea how to play.
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Women seem not to understand, or underestimate, the profound power they have over their husbands.
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People do ask me if I think I can make it in the States.
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I'd love to set up shop somewhere and develop projects - film, TV, digital would be a fun thing to do.
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He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.
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I love pop music, but at the same time, I'm seeking to write whatever I'm organically inclined to.
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Engaging Iran won't guarantee improved U.S.-Iranian relations or a more stable Gulf region. But not engaging means more of the same.
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I will only miss school for an engagement if it is going to bring real change.
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I also find doing the mundane, everyday things in life has a calming, creative influence on me. Some of my best ideas come when I'm vacuuming or waiting in lines.
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I think there has to be a recognition that, you know, there's so much at stake now, I mean, the business has changed so much and decisions are made so quickly, in nano seconds basically.
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But I'm acutely aware that the possibility of fraud is even more prevalent in today's world because of the Internet and cell phones and the opportunity for instant communication with strangers.
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But the personality that finally emerges is largely formed by the environment in which a man happens to find himself during his development, by the structure of the society in which he grows up, by the tradition of that society, and by its appraisal of particular types of behavior.
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Such is the frailty of man that even where he makes the truest and most forcible impression in the memory, in the heart of his beloved, there also he must perish.
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It is not enough for me to win. My enemies must lose.
