David Milch Quotes
For a long time, I felt that was actually the best I could ever hope for - to pretend to be a good person - because I was quite the opposite.
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A lot of people asked me if it was frustrating not having a clear specific diagnosis, but I didn't mind, I just chose the most optimistic diagnosis.
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Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.
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I think my numbers speak for themselves.
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It is one of the primary motives of modern art that it wants to abolish the distance which the viewer, the consumer, the audience maintain vis-a-vis a work of art.
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You must pay for your sins. If you have already paid, please ignore this notice.
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I was really a charmer; I was the guy who would get to the office, the principal would sit me down and within 10 minutes, we'd be, like, talking about some movies or something.
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I was always looking for evidence of these common musical roots, but I was too young to know that what I was doing was called ethnomusicology.
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Constant reference to a 'war on terror' did accomplish one major objective: It stimulated the emergence of a culture of fear.
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To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
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On the Day of Atonement, Jews are commanded to seek forgiveness from the people we have hurt.
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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Seemed like everything I tried to do in broadcasting and as a player before that turned out successfully. I was succeeding. I got to the top of the heap in every facet of broadcasting.
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'Promiscuous' implies that I'm not choosy. In fact I'm very choosy. I just happen to have had a lot of choices.
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It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about.
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Even President Obama has not suggested he could get another country to pay for building a wall between Mexico and the United States.
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Issues to do with disability, mental health and not being neurotypical often affect many genuine teenagers but are rarely reflected in the fiction they read.
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People tend to treat people with disabilities sort of like they're aliens from another planet. It doesn't come from a bad place; it comes from a place of, 'I have no idea what this disability entails, and I don't want to offend anyone or make them feel awful.'
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I want to be so famous that drag queens will dress like me in parades when I'm dead.
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The method of 'postulating' what we want has many advantages; they are the same as the advantages of theft over honest toil.
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I still love church. My favorite church service is T.D. Jakes at the Potter's House. I don't think there is a better preacher in the country. His ability to interpret scripture is like no other.
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No doubt I enjoy being close to people in the way I dress, the way I speak, and the way I communicate with people.
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The first essence of journalism is to know what you want to know, the second, is to find out who will tell you.
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I've been privileged to be able to be a part of some of my girlfriends' lives at their breaking points.
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For a long time, I felt that was actually the best I could ever hope for - to pretend to be a good person - because I was quite the opposite.
