David Simon Quotes
A little anger is a good thing if it isn't on your own behalf, if it's for others deserving of your anger, your empathy.
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I was a little girl fighting as a partisan against Nazi-Fascism.
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I am not content to entrust our free-speech rights to the good graces and whims of Congress and hope that politicians don't abuse their power.
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If in my twenties I'd gotten one of the two-dozen roles that I did screen tests for and almost got, I think I would have become bored with the awards circuit, the whole hype machine.
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Among my generation, there was a purist position that any contact with electoral politics was an unforgiveable compromise.
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The search for knowledge is a long and difficult task.
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I enjoy getting gussied up for an event or date night.
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I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done an American accent before, so they rely on a slew of technical mechanisms. Part of what makes an accent is understanding why people speak that way - you have to understand the culture.
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On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty - on the other, they warn us against their own methods.
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There's this wonderful first assistant and he'll be saying, 'Now Harry goes down among the dragons.' You have to hold yourself together. Because if you lose it for a second then you're sunk.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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As more ad spending shifts online, the ability to have expertise and to innovate quickly will become critical.
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I was gladly cuffed, shackled, loaded into the caged bus and driven through the main gate of Bare Hill Correctional Facility for what I pray to God will be forever.
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When I decide I want something, I go in like an Exocet missile.
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I'm involved in some action scenes, so they'll train me for that. I'll be working with my acting coach to prepare for my character.
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Families are families. We've all got them, more or less, and we all know what it's like to be bullied by another generation.
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But, I couldn't live without creation gymnastics.
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I travel regularly and have learnt to be very methodical as far as packing is concerned. For example, I always check the weather in advance of where I'm going to ensure that I've packed the right clothes.
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There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.
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Weddings are really good for making you feel terrible about yourself if you're not where you want to be in life.
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No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
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I wasn't good at being affable. You get beyond that and realise the attraction in any human being has more to do with what they give to someone rather than just being face candy.
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To me, integrity means always doing what is right and good, regardless of the immediate consequences. It means being righteous from the very depth of our soul, not only in our actions but, more importantly, in our thoughts and in our hearts.
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Always remember the last words of my grandfather, who said: 'A truck!'
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A little anger is a good thing if it isn't on your own behalf, if it's for others deserving of your anger, your empathy.
