David Ogden Stiers Quotes
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My most noticeable physical trait is, hands down, my hair. It's big, unruly and curly, and you can spot it from a mile away... literally.
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The French complain of everything, and always.
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The difference between American parties is actually simple. Democrats are in favor of higher taxes to pay for greater spending, while Republicans are in favor of greater spending, for which the taxpayers will pay.
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If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect.
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We don't have access to a national forum that we had in those days, through the news magazines which were the television news of the time. It's very disturbing to me that we've sort of been pushed to the corners.
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I was the first businessman to say, 'You should give tax benefit to only small companies. You should say your profits are exempt to a limit of Rs. 50 crore or so, but beyond that, you should pay taxes.' I have been arguing with successive finance ministers on this.
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By rights you're a king. If I was you, I'd call for a new deal.
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Never mind money; the gifts of time and skill call into being the richest marketplace in the world.
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When my father was arrested, we didn't know where they had him. My mother found him at the house of torture. It was called Villa Triste.
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When I was writing 'Shotgun,' it's one of the first songs that's come to me as an image.
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When you're trying to accomplish lofty goals, and when you're attacking something of great magnitude, you have to have help.
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I never expected to be approached for an ad campaign.
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The female attention I have to struggle hardest with is from my two-year-old daughter.
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I'm the most ambitious person you ever met.
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But on second thought, after I decreed the state of emergency, I came to the conclusion that that was impossible to achieve without bloodshed because the street protesters were full of anger and nearly out of control. This is why I thought we needed to find another way out.
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Making a book is such a big enterprise.
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I was always the weirdo at school.
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Life has not been boring for me.
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I was not born a size 2. I'm not skinny, period. I'm not willing to sleep with the director or step on somebody else's neck to get the job.
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There are rhythmic ideas which sometimes only work up to a point. In writing there are moments when it just comes off the page, it's not just a collection of notes.
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My father always cooks more polenta than he needs for a meal. The excess he spreads on an oiled surface and chills. Next day, he cuts out chunks, fries them in olive oil and serves with salad.
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I've played Lear three times, I would love to do it again.
