David Batstone Quotes
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My father really told me, seriously, if you want something, you can have it, but you may have to work harder than anyone else around you.
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When you're still in the broadcast business, you're still trying to reach tens of millions. You're trying to still aim for a broader audience, and I think that's a more difficult task to spread yourself across that audience, connect with them, as opposed to a very, very small, pinpointed audience. Difficult to do.
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I guess I'd love to be surprised by something I had never thought of.
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I'm just going to have fun. Maybe that will be the most important thing to do.
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Somebody can't complain when they enjoy going to work and enjoy the people they work with.
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It always seemed much better to be a writer - a Real Writer - than a successful hack.
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The substance of what it means to be a geek is essentially someone who's brave enough to love something against judgment. The heart of being a geek is a little bit of rejection.
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While they're building a solid foundation that will support whatever is coming down the road, Todd and I are itching to see further, to push the envelope.
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I'm not averse to telling people off.
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No doubt about it. For every player. Thursday nights are very tough for us because it is a short turnaround.
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American actresses have more problems than I do; I'm lucky to be able to play what I want for a smaller audience, because I have my own country to do that in.
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In terms of script, Bollywood should learn from South Indian scripts. Not talking about the fights and action, I am talking about the drama bit.
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We've carried that over into the visual development as well. We've designed quite an exotic cast of characters, but the last thing we want is to dictate to the players how their PCs should look. What we want to do is inspire.
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I always love China, especially the old China.
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The answer scrawled on a blank page in a daily newspaper, was conceived whilst aboard a ferry.
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If I'd gone into taekwondo, I'd probably have won several Olympic medals.
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Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
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Without the Fender bass, there'd be no rock n' roll or no Motown. The electric guitar had been waiting 'round since 1939 for a nice partner to come along. It became an electric rhythm section, and that changed everything.
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Independence is the outstanding characteristic of the runner.
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I'm very pessimistic about the future of the human species. We have been so indifferent to life on the whole that it will take its toll. It's not just the polar bears that are having a hard time; what we're doing is gradually impoverishing and poisoning the whole of the rest of life.
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Our death is not an end if we can live on in our children and the younger generation. For they are us; our bodies are only wilted leaves on the tree of life.
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Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.
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Our history is an inevitable component of our being. One thing only can release us from the grip of our history. That one thing is forgiveness.
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I get my fuel and inspiration from children, they are our future.
