David X. Cohen Quotes
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I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
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The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.
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A certain tiny percentage of everyone is gay.
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Everybody denies I am a genius - but nobody ever called me one!
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The reactions of organic magnesium compounds are of two kinds - reactions of substitution and reactions of addition.
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Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
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Let's just say the genes were there for me to excel athletically.
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In every character that you play... I mean, I don't think I'll ever be the type of actor or performer per se who transforms, you know? Like Claire Danes transforms into Temple Grandin - I'm not gonna do that.
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As I was coming out of the closet, our car was hurtling over an embankment.
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If the human body recognized agony and frustration, people would never run marathons, have babies, or play baseball.
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There are always decades that interest people. For me, that's the Roaring Twenties.
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I am completely half afraid to think.
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I once witnessed more ardent emotions between men at an Elks' Rally in Pasadena than they could ever have felt for the type of woman available to an Elk.
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The Big Valbowski is a lot like a Hakeem Olajuwan, either he's taking the hook shot from the outside or driving down the lane on the inside, he always scores!
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I'm human, just like anybody else.
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If ever a player was out of his class that night it was me.
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I sold a bunch of stuff. I sold Omaha Steaks, vacation packages... the worst, though, was Time Life Books, because no one wants Time Life Books. No one wants an 'Encyclopedia Brittanica' showing up at their house.
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The greatest power is often simple patience.
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Businesses that decide to be reality based and identify where they're vulnerable to climate impact, that start thinking about how to buffer against it, are going to be able to take advantage of shortages. When the water runs out, not everyone is in the same pickle.
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I'm not entirely sure what a historical novel absolutely has to be, but you don't want a reader who loves a very traditional historical novel to go in with the expectation that this is going to deliver the same kind of reading experience. I think what's contemporary about my book has something to do with how condensed things are.
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Good things come to those with no expectations.
