David Rakoff Quotes
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People assume when my hair is long that I am a lot cooler than I actually am. I am not opposed to this misconception, by the way, but it is a misconception.
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I don't jog, if I die I want to be sick.
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In 1949 - my father stayed on in Shanghai after the war. But in 1949, the Communists took over the whole of China, and in fact, my father was caught by the Communists in Shanghai. And he was there for about a year until he was finally able to get out.
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Gov. Perry has led the way in Texas on creating an environment for job growth.
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In a way, I'm lucky that I was never classically trained and never went to a music college. I'm just from a normal working class family and happened to get obsessed with music as a teenager.
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No good actor ever stops learning. He is constantly evolving.
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In fact, the socialization gives us the tools to fill our evolutionary roles. They are our building blocks.
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I don't have a fear of aging or a fear of death.
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We're so marriage-obsessed, we think that only married people are families.
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What's going on in the inside shows on the outside.
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I love puppies, and I love animals in general. Besides that, I do martial arts: extreme martial arts. I also play real guitar and drums, and sing. And I'm taking some college classes, hoping to major in English and creative writing.
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All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
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Home is where your rump rests.
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When I went to Africa, I was reduced to floods of tears every day.
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I was very close to my mother, and her death, which left a gaping hole in my life, has been very difficult for me and my father in a lot of ways.
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When you feel stuck in a hard time, jump-start a pro-change attitude by letting go of possessions that no longer work for you - like old clothes and old shoes.
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I think there's a bit of the devil in everybody. There's a bit of a priest in everybody, too, but I enjoyed playing the devil more. He was more fun.
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All our wives are experimental psychologists.
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I am a product of nepotism. I don't think I would have had the profession that I'm in currently... if it wasn't for my dad.
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No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure.
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I've dated athletes before but it's too tough because we have the same job, we deal with the same problems and both do a very selfish sport.
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When people ask what 'American Pie' is about, they're missing the point. The song isn't about the lines themselves - it's about what is between the lines. The song is about what isn't there.
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I think, going forward, we need to be much more modest on expectations with regard to China growth: That's just being realistic.
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I'm anti-religious. I don't like people telling me what to do.
