David Simon Quotes
What writer wants to make compromises with story? Story is the only reason you're in it.
Quotes to Explore
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We need more people working in the publishing industry itself who are people of colour.
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Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.
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Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it.
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In a lot of ways, I wasn't a normal teenager.
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Calling Rand Paul 'the most interesting man in politics' is an invitation to an argument - but one we suspect he'd love to have.
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With comedy, it's really hard to tell if something's working on the page - you really need the actors to bring it alive. The scariest part is if people will laugh or not.
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There are moments when I can't believe I'm as old as I am. But I feel better physically than I did 10 years ago. I don't think, Oh God, I'm missing something.
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You couldn't find a more stylized boxer than Sugar Ray Leonard.
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Yoga is a life-saver.
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If you are in a relationship, it has to be a good one. If it isn't, it's best to just leave it.
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War triggers unforeseeable military dynamics and sets off massive political shocks, creating new problems as well as new opportunities.
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I think I weighed about 450/460 at my heaviest. That's huge! That's Fat Joe. And you know, I always took pride in being fat.
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When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.
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I've admired historical clothes like Victorian gowns since I was a child, and it's what motivated me to go into fashion.
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The Catholic Church is one of the oldest, largest and richest institutions on earth, with a following 1.2 billion strong, and change does not come naturally.
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Most female CEOs have been more understanding than their male counterparts, of the stress that new mothers experience to 'do it all,' which often means, 'all by themselves.' Why? They've been there. They understand the policies needed to keep women in the workforce.
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Adults sometimes think children don't think. That's what propels them to order children around. But children do integrate thoughts and make sense of them. When I was a child, I thought about everything in the universe.
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Using the commons as a cesspool does not harm the general public under frontier conditions, because there is no public, the same behavior in a metropolis is unbearable.
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I feel like we tend to be our own worst critics.
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I only take risks in couture, but I don't take risks in athleticism.
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The elusive nature of love... it can be such a fleeting thing. You see it there and it's just fluttering and it's gone.
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The vast majority of terrestrial species are in fact microbes, and scientists have only begun scratching the surface of the microbial realm. It is entirely possible that examples of life as we don't know it have so far been overlooked.
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I struggled with depression when I was in high school, and I remember thinking that if I got a record deal and got a hit song, that it would solve all those problems for me.
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What writer wants to make compromises with story? Story is the only reason you're in it.
