David Nicholls Quotes
I love Billy Wilder, and I love the way that his films can be very touching and very moving and very romantic, and at the same time there's always a little cynical undertone, there's always something that undercuts things.
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I could be the best looking guy in the Duma, but that's only because all the other guys are over 60.
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Most of the producers don't know what they do. The misconception of the producers' function is really not a misconception. Most producers don't do a very good job.
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For me to be here tonight, everything had to be perfect. I had to get drafted by Utah, had to play with a point guard like John Stockton, and had to be coached by Jerry Sloan and Frank Layden.
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I want to toy around with producing a Broadway show.
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And it's one thing to give people freedom and something else to deny the rights of Christians to assert their faith in order to keep Hindus from feeling upset.
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You kind of forget he's Peter Jackson in a way because he's so normal; he's lovely. It's like having a friend direct you, except it's Peter Jackson.
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As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.
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Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born.
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That heart alone is hard which does not shudder at itself for not feeling its hardness.
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Our duty was to try and find the Japanese fleet. We never did find the Japanese fleet and I am awfully glad, because they had attacked us there with six carriers, three battleships, 10 or 15 cruisers, and about 20 destroyers.
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Here's a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once.
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To be employed in the entertainment industry is a miracle.
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We are not coaching on a daily basis because we often travel with our charity and commercial interests.
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The owners have the right to pay you whatever they want to. They don't have to pay you if they don't want to.
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I really like cable T.V.
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It is the mind that maketh good of ill, that maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
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Adolescence is a modern construct and very American in so many ways.
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If atomic bombs are to be added as new weapons to the arsenals of a warring world, or to the arsenals of nations preparing for war, then the time will come when mankind will curse the names of Los Alamos and of Hiroshima.
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Illiteracy is rampant. People are out of communication.
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Anger elicits anger, fear elicits fear, no matter how well meaning we may be.
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I got dogs. I'm a dog guy.
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I love Billy Wilder, and I love the way that his films can be very touching and very moving and very romantic, and at the same time there's always a little cynical undertone, there's always something that undercuts things.
