David Sax Quotes
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I'm not shy or reclusive. I just spend my time with people rather than journalists.
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A first date should be elegant. In comfortable surroundings. A place with excellent food, where you can talk easily and get to know each other.
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Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.
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I feel fortunate that I'm able to play diverse roles. I don't think everybody in Hollywood gets the opportunity to do that.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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I was raised looking at women who were strong, and they weren't really into playing race cards or playing gender cards. I didn't grow up around women who were like, 'Well, let the boys do that, and let the girls do that.' I didn't really see that in my house.
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I have, like, two and a half years of failed jokes that I know I wouldn't repeat, but I certainly have no comprehension of what definitely works. And the only gauge that I can go by is, 'This makes me laugh,' and is joyful... I like to, if possible, do things that people can enjoy and it doesn't take anybody down.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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'Dr. Strangelove' was and is one of my favorite movies ever, and I just can't believe they actually blew up the world after that.
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A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.
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A startup is literally just a series of unfortunate events where you failed, failed, failed, and failed until you succeed.
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For most inhabitants of the Arab world, the prevailing cultural attitude toward women - fed and encouraged by Wahhabi doctrine, which is based on Bedouin social norms rather than Islamic jurisprudence - often trumps the rights accorded to women by Islam.
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I'm really just a normal person.
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I'm from the school of, 'if you want more, you have to require more from yourself.'
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I realized, at a certain point, all my big people were dying. I couldn't see a clearer picture: what's the difference between me and him, of me being in a casket?
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Heartache is very fertile ground for song-making but so is happiness, so is absolute bliss.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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Church members in too many cases are like deep sea divers, encased in the suits designed for many fathoms deep, marching bravely to pull out plugs in bathtubs.
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I haven't done any genealogical exploring myself, though members of my family and also of my husband's family have traced things back. I have a great grandfather on my mother's side who was a musician, and I'd like to know more about his life.
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In order to experience everyday spirituality, we need to remember that we are spiritual beings spending some time in a human body.
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What is history but a fable agreed upon?
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People are used to music that justifies street culture but something that's not touched on is why these kids act the way they act, live the way they live.
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My family's from Eastern Europe.
