David Ignatow Quotes
I should be content to look at a mountain for what it is and not as a comment on my life.
Quotes to Explore
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I listen to jazz mainly. Mainstream jazz.
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Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.
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In my opinion, the vast majority of scripts written - as well as most movies that are released - are not very original, well-written, or interesting. It has always been that way, and I think it always will be.
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It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.
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I've covered the White House and been yelled at by presidents.
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Sport can bring communities together and can release a lot of pent-up emotions.
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It's called 'I Wanna Thank You,' and I'm encouraging everybody out there to blog, Tweet, Facebook, anything about it. Let's sign a petition. The petition is called 'Busta Rhymes Make 'I Wanna Thank You' Your First Single.'
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Manouri is a Greek ewes' milk cheese that's light in colour and texture. It's fresh and milky, and goes well with other subtle flavours.
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One of the things I love about music is live performance.
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I just think that pick-up lines in general are horrible. None of them work.
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Only conviction sells. Well, when we are insecure, we really don't have that 100 percent conviction. Once we have it, we can tide over everything.
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A first-rate soup is more creative than a second-rate painting.
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Historically, aggression unanswered has led to more aggression.
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I'm not clever enough to be in machinations and real politics.
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Most of western culture is a distortion of reality. But reality should be distorted; that is, imaginatively amended. The Buddhist acquiescence to nature is neither accurate about nature nor just to human potential.
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Many hooligans discover to their shame that they have scruples; they have roots and, greatest disadvantage of all, they have hope. The fathers superior of the order do not try to influence their children in Satan; they merely shake their heads in sorrow. They know that the apostate must work out his own damnation.
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Savage – There is only one way fit for a man – Heroism, or Master-Morality, or Violence. All the other people in between are ploughing the sand.
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The chestnut casts his flambeaux, and the flowersStream from the hawthorn on the wind away,The doors clap to, the pane is blind with showers.Pass me the can, lad; there’s an end of May.
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Look at the Paris Commune. That was the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.
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I've noticed that in the U.S., when the president hits the three-year mark in office, he goes into re-election campaigning.
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I had a doctorate in biological anthropology. I got a post-doc at CWRU dental school in 1983 teaching gross anatomy.
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I have had the good fortune to be able to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. I have enjoyed the freedom I had gained from building a successful business from scratch, making some money, and creating the lifestyle I wanted.
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I'm in my prime. There's no goal too far, no mountain too high.
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I should be content to look at a mountain for what it is and not as a comment on my life.
