Hal David Quotes
It's not just a revue where one song is done, then another. There are concepts and ideas at work.
Quotes to Explore
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Best wine if you're stranded on a deserted island? 1982 Salon Champagne.
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America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still.
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I still have a fear of theater. I don't know if I will manage that. I used to do it. I developed a bit of a phobia. It's not a real phobia. I can go in and watch.
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To create something new is both thrilling and excruciating at the same time. It's great to have all these choices in front of you, and to have the writers in the room so you know exactly what they meant. But the downside is you want so badly not to screw it up!
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I hate running. I know I'm curvier - I know I'm small, but I'm not ripped. But I make a choice to be that way. I realize my arms aren't as toned as Halle Berry's but I don't want them to be.
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My defensiveness in life really helps me as a driver.
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When I graduated, I was director of my school's sketch comedy group, and I knew that I wanted to be writing and performing my own sketch comedy. It kind of made me want to do my own one-person sketch group.
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There's a hardening of the culture. Reality TV has lowered the standards of entertainment. You're left wondering about the legitimacy of relationships. It's probably harder to entertain the same people with a more classic form of writing, and romantic comedies are a classic genre.
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There are young idealists all around the world falling in love with the Yankees now and realists who are gravitating to the Red Sox. I think the universe is on its head.
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For me, let's keep jazz as folk music. Let's not make jazz classical music. Let's keep it as street music, as people's everyday-life music. Let's see jazz musicians continue to use the materials, the tools, the spirit of the actual time that they're living in, as what they build their lives as musicians around.
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
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Anti-religious sneers are a hallmark of perpetual adolescents.
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In the wealthy industrialized nations, effective drug therapies against AIDS became available - AZT as early as 1987, then combinations of antiretroviral agents in 1996. The new drugs offered hope that fatal complications might be staved off and AIDS rendered a chronic condition.
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Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.
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Understanding where to be in your own zone really takes some time and development to learn.
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The way to a man's heart is through his chest.
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The optimal use of natural resources can be made only if there is a well-thought-out policy framework for their exploitation towards a particular end use.
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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
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It's nice to establish yourself as an actor first and a singer second. Proof is such a tremendous piece of work, and I'm incredibly lucky to be a part of it. I'm sure that the musicals will happen in the future, though.
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I have a good shopping relationship with my mum. She lets me buy, and she spectates. I take advice from her, and I give it, too.
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If we could let go of our faith in money, who knows what we might put in its place?
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A joke is like building a mousetrap from scratch. You have to work pretty hard to make the thing snap when it is supposed to snap.
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The Islamic State has proven that terrorists can seize and deploy modern military equipment on lesser-armed opponents.
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It's not just a revue where one song is done, then another. There are concepts and ideas at work.
