Adam Davidson Quotes
I'm not the first to admit that raising a child in Park Slope, Brooklyn, can bear an embarrassing resemblance to the TV show 'Portlandia.' My wife and I try to have some ironic distance from the culture of organic, chemical-free parenting, but we're often participants.
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I'm not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.
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I'm working now on a collection of Shakespearean sonnets, about 100 of them, that I may publish if anyone's interested. My take on life is a little different from the bard's.
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On a large scale, people aren't going to cut back how much they use. That's a pipe dream. If anything, as the developing world gets richer, the world's going to consume more - more cars, bigger homes, more energy, more water, more food.
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We no longer dare to believe in beauty and we make of it a mere appearance in order the more easily to dispose of it.
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I am not an enemy of the Negro. We want him here among us; he is the only laboring class we have.
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One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must.
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A man builds a house in England with the expectation of living in it and leaving it to his children; we shed our houses in America as easily as a snail does his shell.
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The Oscar or the Emmy says you've reached a level of competence in this business, and I would love to have one.
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Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end.
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I'm just willing to try different things. But you gotta keep it all making sense.
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As I watched bookstores close, I began to wonder how that felt for the owners. Owning a bookstore was their dream and now they're struggling and seeing those dreams fall apart.
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I'm really excited about furthering my film career in Bollywood and Hollywood.
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When I had worked on my first book, I had readily shown bits and pieces to everyone - for encouragement, to force myself to write.
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There seems little reason to prescribe anti-depressant medication to any but the most severely depressed patients.
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How do Ferrari know what I'm doing next year when I don't know what I'm doing next week?
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Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings, ones that will provide in return the priceless gifts of hope, security and freedom for our children and our children's?
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I love running and I will always run.
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When I was young, we were taught not to dunk. We were taught not to stand out from the rest of the team. It's different now.
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I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.
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I see Billy Donovan as a fixture at Florida for a long time. It would take something very special for him to leave.
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My point is you've been given a powerful blessing in life in this country to be able to vote and to be able to sit on the jury, so come equipped.
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I don't have to be a 'gazillionaire;' what's important to me is to just being able to work.
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Hitler rounded up all of the vampires in Europe.
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I'm not the first to admit that raising a child in Park Slope, Brooklyn, can bear an embarrassing resemblance to the TV show 'Portlandia.' My wife and I try to have some ironic distance from the culture of organic, chemical-free parenting, but we're often participants.
