David Stern Quotes
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The beauty of a Moroccan riad is undeniable, but even the most die-hard fan may find herself growing a little weary of what can come to feel like a one-size-fits-all aesthetic: tilework, white Berber rugs, woolen tribal throw pillows in reds and ochers, cut-metal lanterns.
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Life is so fast these days, and we're exposed to so much information. Television makes us a witness to such misery.
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You do not have to dramatize everything. In fact, you usually can't, not without ending up with a half-million-word novel.
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From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.
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Because art as a pursuit, as a concept, as an ideal, constantly elevates one above the pragmatic, one is inclined to discuss art in heightened terminologies. For me, it is just what I do all day long.
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In a sense there is no 'opposition' in Bahrain, as the phrase implies one unified block with the same views. Such a phrase is not in our constitution, unlike say the United Kingdom. We only have people with different views and that's ok.
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Forty percent of my portfolio is in the U.S. In the rest of the world, most of the places I invest in or invested in are Brazil, Russia, Germany with a little bit of Turkey, China, India, France and Israel sprinkled in there.
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Celebrities are just like us and like any of your friends. I love working with people.
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The natural enmity between leaver and left is like the absolute, immediate and always shifting hostility between driver and pedestrian.
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The U.S., especially Hollywood, is so strong for film production.
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I think the sensitivity that you need to create certain things sometimes would spill over into things that shouldn't have bothered me.
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I think women have to change their hairstyle from time to time.
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Certainly the format of ghostbusting lends itself to a videogame beautifully.
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What goes on between the actor and director is sacred.
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I give up on spending time on these courts; I give up on practicing before the tournament I hate. I hate this.
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I never participated in far-reaching political decisions, since I never belonged to the circle of the closest associates of Adolf Hitler, neither was I consulted by Adolf Hitler on general political questions, nor did I ever take part in conferences about such problems.
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We must stifle the voice of hatred and faction.
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If I see a movie on TV that I'm in, I usually will watch it for that reason: It's like I'm watching another person.
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I work in a hostile atmosphere, and my voters are the only strength I have.
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We must learn to distinguish morality from moralizing.
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Weary of wily politicians who say one thing and do another, voters and advocacy groups insist presidential contenders commit to the cause du jour in writing, but candidates are foolish to comply. Words matter.
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In real life, I'm a really smiley person. I smile when I talk and I laugh.
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The amount of work that a for-profit has to do to get real money is minimal compared to the amount of work it takes a non-profit to get even a very small grant.
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Everyone knows that if you can keep on making money, everyone's happy.
