David Tang Quotes
I didn't like law. Every client had a problem, and I didn't want to listen to people's problems; I had enough of my own.
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I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me so much.
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I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
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My mom is just so good with fashion! She always tells me what looks good, what doesn't look good, and she gives me great advice.
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I do think that 'Pretty Little Liars' has raised the bar in how social media can tie into the fan base watching the show.
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Ask any teenage girl to describe her perfect bedroom, and you'll get answers like 'a room with a private phone line, a place to hang out with friends, and for it to be way-cool and funky.' Ask parents the same question, and 'a locked door that opens on their 21st birthday' might top the list!
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When you're a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls - you want to get the most girls. You don't know anything about respect; you don't know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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I had Hallowe'en parties every year, as it was my birthday five days before. My parents would actually put prosthetic noses on, and my dad would wear a top-hat and tails, put on a fake curly moustache, and hold a pipe.
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I'll never get out of politics. I have friends in public office. I have things that I want to do. You can't go back in life. I won't go back to the existence I had before of running a political consulting firm and signing up clients and advising campaigns in exactly that way.
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My slogan is I'm the least qualified guy for the job, but I'd probably do the best job.
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It's the irrational things that interest me.
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As anyone who has covered the company for any length of time knows, Yahoo's record on major decision-making has been akin to a hippie commune - a lot of wrangling internally in a culture where everyone seems to have a voice and a reticence to push the button to launch.
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No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.
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Working with Bill Cosby was incredible. I was lucky to be a part of that.
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Recording a song for a film doesn't take much time; it's hardly an hour's job, but concerts are constant, and so is travelling, so I've to take time out to work on my albums because I'm passionate about creating my own music. When you love something dearly, you set your priorities accordingly.
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We tried to make a movie that had sex and violence because we like sex and violence.
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I think media people know we're good at making content and how we can be smart about how to consume it. It's always a balance.
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I know basic things about belly dancing, but not the technicalities; I want to learn it. I want to learn belly dancing.
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Look at London or Paris: they're both filthy. You don't get that in Tokyo. The proud residents look after their city.
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We're like a Third World country when it comes to some of our election practices.
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With the work that I do as a director, I've got dialogue, camera movement, and character blocking to help create a tone to the piece. In photography, those elements are somewhat void so that tone becomes a bit more subtle but still equally important.
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I'm amazed, as quirky, individual and selfish as most of us are, that anyone stays married for long.
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On some levels, you can also have this feeling that we are being duped, somehow. And that the world is at play for something you would understand more if it were pure ideology. It is a very strange time and also basic things are being taken away.
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A lot of my friends who are white are like, 'Dude, I can't get an audition; it's all Hispanic and black.' It's about time.
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I didn't like law. Every client had a problem, and I didn't want to listen to people's problems; I had enough of my own.
