Davy Rothbart Quotes
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I really thank my parents for giving me the good sense to not get into anything wrong. There are many people around who like controversies, and I actually wonder how do they do it. I don't have the courage to get into controversies. There are people who love it; I find it silly.
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Homosexuality in Russia is a crime and the punishment is seven years in prison, locked up with the other men. There is a three year waiting list.
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I was so ashamed of who I was.
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I'll say anything to live.
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Doing it your own way, not having to go exactly by the book to be successful.
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I never had high expectations going into Hollywood. I went there just to work.
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In times of badness, gold is being worth more than beauty.
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The autodecrement is not magical.
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To all the people that he hurt, I'm not - I can't be an apologist for David Koresh, but I feel for people that have had negative experiences at the hands of David. Let me put it that way. I think about those people, whether I agree with them on every point or not. Everyone has a right to their experience.
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The most interesting thing was looking out the window and taking photographs of different places on Earth.
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When I'm writing the book I'm laughing at just how overblown the characters seemed. How full of himself he seems. But I didn't get far enough in the series to really drive the joke of it home.
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I'm 69 kilos; I don't have a burden on my back.
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It's so funny looking back, but my so-called overnight success actually took 15 years. I remember when I didn't have any money, and my only car was mom's Hyundai.
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If I had a do over, I'd indubitably start investing in startups earlier in life!
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If you're betting all the time, everything is just another bet. You don't even think about the money after you've made the arrangements. You're used to it.
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Love dies only when growth stops.
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He would use amphetamines to stay awake because he would have late night maneuvers that would go way into the early morning hours and he was given pills to stay up for the long hours.
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I love it when women are like, 'You guys sound like me and my best friend!'
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I remember, when I was a young guy in the SEAL teams, I was very afraid of making mistakes and looking stupid or doing dumb things and getting a bad reputation.
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I want to love someone so selflessly that he would never even think about going away. I suppose that's what most people want. In fact, that's probably why we don't kill one another all the time. Everyone's just a little too lonely to risk it.
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My success was due to good luck, hard work, and support and advice from friends and mentors. But most importantly, it depended on me to keep trying after I had failed.
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Sometimes I learn by someone giving me warnings and giving me advice about what to do next. And other times, a lot of times, I have to put my hand into the fire.
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With respect to my own husband, I am probably still going to pick the flowers and the china for state dinners and stuff like that. But I will certainly turn to him as prior presidents have for special missions, for advice.
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I've always given a lot of advice, whether I'm asked for it or not.
