David Burnett Quotes
I love New York, but am happy to be away from it. I really like small towns, with welcoming barbecue restaurants.
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Men move through a much different process before commitment than women do.
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Most people are really dedicated to doing good things.
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Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?
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I play some fighting games, but mostly I just play sports.
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I sort of fall apart in terms of stamina after about 25 minutes!
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During the Cold War, the U.S. instituted a policy of sending money to governments in poor countries to buy their political loyalty. While studies show that sending aid to foreign governments creates allegiance, it does not lead to economic progress.
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I am fortunate to have only worn one shirt in my career. It is something that is fundamental to me. It is something I have always wanted: to be one of these few who wear only one shirt - a fan and a player of the same team.
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This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.
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It will work. I am a marketing genius.
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In Spain, we should have enough intelligence, enough sense of individual and collective responsibility to do for ourselves that which would be imposed upon us by a dictatorship.
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When I'm making an American film, it's more safe because there are so many people on the set to watch me. Whatever I do, they say, 'What are you doing!? Tell me first!' There are so many restrictions.
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Straight couples don't have to be monogamous to be married or married to be monogamous. Monogamy no more defines marriage than the presence of children does. Monogamy isn't compulsory and its absence doesn't invalidate a marriage.
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To me, the most worrisome part of traveling comes before any of the traveling actually occurs: the suitcase-packing process. It's a challenging and anxiety-filled process - I am caught between wanting my suitcase to be light and worrying I am going to need every single item in my bedroom.
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Neither fairness nor justice, neither reality nor humanity can be simulated or manipulated by wires or remote controls.
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If there's something decent going in television, the mediums now are kind of equal. Television has become much higher quality.
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With a lot of contemporary musicals, the songs are like a calling card: the action stops for them.
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I have often said China is not lacking in material resources. The question is whether we can make full and good use of them.
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Alzheimer's is a disease for which there is no effective treatment whatsoever. To be clear, there is no pharmaceutical agent, no magic pill that a doctor can prescribe that will have any significant effect on the progressive downhill course of this disease.
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I'm not invited to any exciting parties and my life hasn't really changed.
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I'm not very happy. I'm frustrated with human beings. I'm the guy who just wants to smack people in the face and say, 'Wake up!'
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I think that hurting gives us a way to measure being happy. How can you know one without knowing the other.
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There can never be success without happiness, and no man can be happy without dispensing happiness to others.
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I love New York, but am happy to be away from it. I really like small towns, with welcoming barbecue restaurants.
