David Albert Quotes
My kids only come around once in my lifetime, and they (hopefully) won't be with me forever. I chose to have them, and I choose, freely, to make them and my family a priority in my life. This stage of life won't last forever. While it does, I've climbed on for the ride.
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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I love my work but do not know how I write it.
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The billable hours is a classic case of restricted autonomy. I mean, you're working on - I mean, sometimes on these six-minute increments. So you're not focused on doing a good job. You're focused on hitting your numbers. It's one reason why lawyers typically are so unhappy. And I want a world of happy lawyers.
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We had something very special in the Faces. We were blessed to have the fun we had.
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The lesson of 'CSI' is: No matter what horrible things happen, nice policemen will turn up and fix everything and return it to the status quo.
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In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once inhabited the suburbs of human contempt find that without changing their address they eventually live in the metropolis.
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A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.
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Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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Polenta is to northern Italy what bread is to Tuscany, what pasta is to Emilia-Romagna and what rice is to the Veneto: easy to make, hungry to absorb other flavours, and hugely versatile.
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I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some anger comes. But it never lasts long. I always try to think at a deeper level, to find ways to console.
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Refugees are the human dimensions of a failed state.
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Being Somali, being Muslim, it's always something I've been very proud of.
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When I record something, I'll take a drive and just listen.
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I like routine.
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I never consciously do any work directly influenced from any movie, unless I'm doing a parody.
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Tall men come down to my height when I hit 'em in the body.
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We all have our down days, but it's not hard to smile and say, 'Thank you.'
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New York in a way functions as another character within the story, as it does within most of Woody Allen's stories.
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A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.
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I have to try and uplift the standard of living for the people in Zambia. If I cannot do that, I will have failed.
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I've always been interested in family secrets and what happens behind closed doors. I find that fascinating and creepy - that's why I read: because I want to know other people's secrets.
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I don't just act, and that's really important to me. I don't want to just be an actor forever.
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I was never an Angry Young Man. I am angry only when I hit my thumb with a hammer.
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My kids only come around once in my lifetime, and they (hopefully) won't be with me forever. I chose to have them, and I choose, freely, to make them and my family a priority in my life. This stage of life won't last forever. While it does, I've climbed on for the ride.
