Mike D (Michael Louis Diamond) Quotes
I don't think about Yauch in the form of his death. I think about him in the form of his life. He was like my closest older brother. There's just so much that we lived through together.
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The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the book.
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When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.
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There is no bore like a clever bore.
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When Paris has to pee, Paris has to pee!
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I wanted to be a bull rider when I grew up.
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I don't think being a writer who is religious means you have to write about nothing but religion. When I do write about religion, it's to inform the story, not to push a certain agenda.
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Library campaigners are not prepared to stand by and watch something they cherish be dismantled brick by brick.
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People associate girls with long blonde hair with the girls in 'Clueless' or 'Legally Blonde.' You can't be smart and educated and have an opinion because you are supposed to be stupid.
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Sometimes you have to be okay with what you are to the world, where you are in the world, and make the most of it.
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Everyone is just nicer to prettier people.
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When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.
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This implies that the laws governing organic cohesion, the organization leading from the part to the whole, represent a biological uncertainty, indeed an uncertainty of the first order.
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I don't want to sound disingenuous here - controversy is obviously good for business, especially if your business is satire. And it does amplify the discussion - in my view, a good thing.
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What we see today is an American economy that has boomed because of policies and developments of the 1950s and '60s: the interstate-highway system, massive funding for science and technology, a public-education system that was the envy of the world and generous immigration policies.
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The way to resumption is to resume.
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I'm not wed to bitcoin's blockchain. I'm blockchain-agnostic.
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You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.
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If you want to meet a woman, it's best just to smile and say hi.
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I like reading history, and actually most authors enjoy the research part because it is, after all, easier than writing.
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I stepped away to find out more about myself, which I was having difficulty doing as a football player. I got a chance to travel the world. I studied Eastern philosophy, and I've grown as a person so much.
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There are so many great things in life; why dwell on negativity?
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It has been difficult to hold onto many paintings but I have retained a few. Possibly the current favorite is titled 'Big Band' completed in 2005. It measures 13 feet x 9 feet. It has 18 nearly life size recognizable portraits of the biggest jazz stars that I knew and saw perform in the 1950s, '60s, '70s, '80s and includes Wynton Marsalis.
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I only worked theater jobs, but they were all really silly when I first graduated. I was a line monitor at 'Spamalot,' which means I got there at 8 A.M. and told people how much the tickets were for standing room. I was an NYU Medical School fake patient, to teach doctors how to talk to patients.
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I don't think about Yauch in the form of his death. I think about him in the form of his life. He was like my closest older brother. There's just so much that we lived through together.
