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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I guess I'd love to be surprised by something I had never thought of.
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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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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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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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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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I look forward to hosting an Iftar dinner celebrating Ramadan here at the White House later this week, and wish you a blessed month.
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Reich and John Cage were pretty big influences on this record (Folie A Deux) in weird ways in that you wouldn't necessarily hear any of it - nothing ends up sounding like either of them, but I think just methodology and things like that ended up on the record in various ways.
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Art, I suppose, is only for beginners, or else for those resolute dead-enders, who have made up their minds to be content with the ersatz of Suchness, with symbols rather than with what they signify, with the elegantly composed recipe in lieu of actual dinner.
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Millions do not always add up to what a man needs out of life.
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When profit diminishes, merchants are very apt to complain that trade decays; though the diminution of profit is the natural effect of its prosperity, or of a greater stock being employed in it than before.
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The silent killer of all great men and women of achievement - particularly men, I don't know why, maybe it's the testosterone - I think it's narcissism. Even more than hubris. And for women, too. Narcissism is the killer.
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Politics and more politics - that's how you work towards the building of agreements.
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Immigrants are not the main threat to the industrialized world's workforce: robots are - or, rather, artificially intelligent robots are.
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There were IBM logos designed for the film, and there were IBM design consultants working with Kubrick on the layout of the controls and computer screens.
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To all who come to this happy place: Welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America; with the hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world.
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Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.
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I get my fuel and inspiration from children, they are our future.
