David Stern Quotes
I'm not big on looking back beyond the moment in which decisions and events occur. I'm always pushing forward.
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I care most about how people live their lives, what choices they make, and how they get the best from themselves.
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In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting.
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I've repeatedly voted for sanctions against Iran. And I think all options should be on the table to prevent them from having nuclear weapons.
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I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.
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Writers always have confidence issues - it comes with the territory. We never know where we fit in, or what the actual value of our work might be. So we hit lulls, or slogs. Throw in the idea that many creative people are somewhat manic-depressive, and it can get pretty dark at times.
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You owe it to yourself to be the best person possible. Because if you are, others will want to be with you, want to provide you with the things you want in exchange for what you're giving to them.
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The illusion is that most of my work is simply about past events: a point in history and nothing else.
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I felt 'Gone with the Wind' would last five years, and it's lasted over 70 and into a new millennium. There is a special place in my heart for that film and Melanie. She was a remarkable character - a loving person - and because of that, she was a happy person. And Scarlett, of course, was not.
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I remember driving the tractor on our farm, and Tim McGraw would be on the radio. I'd find myself walking out of class, singing his songs. And then Tim ended up playing my father in 'Friday Night Lights.' It was surreal.
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As a kid, I played my share of football in the street or in a vacant lot. When we were playing in the street, it was more touch football, so we didn't hit each other into cars.
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I've been strong and determined all my life about many things I've wanted.
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I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
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My life has been very lucky, but I made some of that luck.
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It's bizarre to be given an award for being empathetic and kind, which is what we all should be.
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Wise and humane management of the patient is the best safeguard against infection.
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You hear certain things, negative things, all the time that aren't true, but you never hear about the positive.
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I rarely repeat playing the same role in a show. I figured I'd plumbed 90 percent the first time around, so let's move on to something where I'm starting from scratch.
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I have always known that New Hampshire is a special place, with a community of people who come together to solve our common challenges.
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Evangelical churches are weaker than we realize because we don't teach the confessions and doctrine.
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Reason is not one tool of thought among many, it is the entire toolbox. To advocate that reason be discarded in some circumstances is to advocate that thinking be discarded - which leaves one in the position of attempting to do a job after throwing away the required instrument.
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The goal of the first International May Day celebrations was the eight-hour working day.
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I think there's a perception of me that I'm the dark lord of all that is scary and gory, but that's completely false. I love musicals. My house is very bright and lit. It's not what people would really expect from a Saw director, but I think that's what allows me to do the things that I do.
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The German system is way less fair than it is expected to be, and the difference is becoming bigger. The private system, with its privilege to pay doctors and hospitals better, is basically putting the whole system at jeopardy, because many first-class hospitals and first-class physicians are wasting their time on trivial cases of privately insured and are no longer accessible for the difficult cases from the public system, despite [the fact] that the hospitals and also the education of those professionals is paid for by public money.
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I'm not big on looking back beyond the moment in which decisions and events occur. I'm always pushing forward.
