David Stern Quotes
I regret the 1998 - 99 lockout. I regret that we didn't work harder to educate our players and our owners about what the damage would be. I never can quite come up with the answer on what else we should have done, but I always blame a part of the problem on us and some part on the players.
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Some things are so tragic that you don't know what's funny in it, and some things are so ridiculous you don't know if it's worth talking about it.
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Scoring the first 10 in history was a big deal, but the fact that even an electronic scoreboard could not figure out how to put out a score, it made the story more historic.
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We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.
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I can't take the theater side out of myself.
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I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
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I was amazed at how the life of a freelancer differed from running a remote studio for another company. I thought I knew what I was doing in 2004 when I left Eidos because I had run Ion Storm Austin, which was my own independent studio. I had run a business unit inside Origin, but being part of a startup is crazy.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.
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Roadrunner wanted to make Born in the Flood the next Nickelback, but I didn't want to be that. I didn't want to be a huge rock star playing songs I didn't like. I didn't want to be stuck playing 'Anthem,' the song everybody liked but I didn't want to put on the record, for the next five years.
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My problem was my inability to spend much time at home. I thought my family was secure, so I went running around everyplace else. I guess I had more of an effect on other people's kids than I did my own.
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I was raised Jewish and bar mitzvahed.
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I did two or three plays every summer.
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Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion.
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See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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Classical music requires an immense amount of concentration, and I don't know if I would've been that committed to that particular life.
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I won't leave any unfinished manuscripts.
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My first priority is trying to protect my family.
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Markets go up. Markets go down. We always make money.... Get used to it.
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The trouble with having a place for everything is how often it gets filled up with everything else.
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People attach too much importance to intangibles like heart, desire and clutch hitting.
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Language is very deceiving. In certain languages, there is certain vocabulary that doesn't exist in other languages. It totally changes how people feel about things.
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Don't quack like a duck, soar like an eagle.
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I regret the 1998 - 99 lockout. I regret that we didn't work harder to educate our players and our owners about what the damage would be. I never can quite come up with the answer on what else we should have done, but I always blame a part of the problem on us and some part on the players.
