David Rakoff
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ALICE EVE MICHAEL KORDA I got my Equity Card from Berkeley Rep when I was 22 years old. I was cast in David Saar's '... COLMAN DOMINGO WINONA RYDER ROBERT ENGLUND ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER SCOTT WEILAND It's good to have a foothold in reality, a base somewhere that's always been a base. Sharman... SEAN BIGGERSTAFF That time, when everyone else is asleep, and it's just me and my little man, that's the best... RANDY HOUSER DAVID O. RUSSELL HALIMA ADEN FREYA STARK ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI The first point to remember is that attempts to clone mice have actually been very unsuccessful for ... JOHN GURDON I didn't realize it at the time, but writing obituaries was one of best jobs that I've ever ... KATHLEEN FLINN I'm ashamed and embarrassed to say that I've read very little of David Foster Wallace's ... BEN FOUNTAIN ANDREW YOUNG One of the things you learn in football is that you're only as good as your last outing. I don&#... CHUCK NOLL W. 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PEI MICHAEL DELL I had a friend, Melissa, who was 28 years old. She was my best friend's wife, and she was my wif... JASON ALDEAN JEAN GIRAUDOUX I turned 30 as a janitor. I was thinking at the time that Hank Williams died when he was 29. All my ... KRIS KRISTOFFERSON 'Evil Dead' was such a big movie in my life. It's one of the few that I really remember ... FEDE ALVAREZ FANNY BURNEY JOHN TRAVOLTA VIGGO MORTENSEN MELISSA ETHERIDGE ALANIS MORISSETTE When you're a self-made man, you start very early in life. In my case it was at 9 years old when... KIRK KERKORIAN BEN SWEETLAND The truth is not a bidimensional thing; it's not flat. It's rounded; it's like a sphere,... EDGAR RAMIREZ LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA DEBBIE REYNOLDS Not knowing whom to fall in love with is like not knowing which film to make next. Life is pretty ch... SHEKHAR KAPUR JAMES WAN ANDREA DWORKIN WHIT STILLMAN MARGERY ALLINGHAM If I watch an episode of SNL, and there's one thing that I liked, then that's a good episode... ANDY SAMBERG PAULA DEEN If you look at us as a company, what's the one thing that's consistent? It has to be the big... ERIC TRUMP JESSICA SAVITCH JOSH BILLINGS ASHLEY OLSEN DANA HILL Grief is so human, and it hits everyone at one point or another, at least, in their lives. If you lo... KAY REDFIELD JAMISON PHIL COLLINS I've never felt that I was less of an athlete or not accomplished athletically because I didn... MARY DECKER One novel that I think is an overriding influence in my life is 'All the King's Men,' th... ANDREW GROSS At 11, I went to Misha's school for two summers. So when I wasn't in that school, I was taki... SASCHA RADETSKY BRAD PAISLEY OLLY MURS There's this Bruno Mars guy. I met him in Hawaii when was doing Elvis imitations at the age of a... BILL MEDLEY ALBERT PIKE RAND PAUL I'm one of those women who's not to be messed with. I'm very opinionated and boisterous ... LISARAYE MCCOY-MISICK I treat everyone as a friend, but if they betray me, that's it. 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DAVID RAKOFF Everyone I vote for never wins. Welcome to America. DAVID RAKOFF I don't particularly consider myself an actor. I have no training. I love doing it, but I would ... DAVID RAKOFF I had a beautiful childhood and a lovely childhood. I just didn't like being a child. I didn'... DAVID RAKOFF I have let half-decades elapse between books because books have to be writte and writing is awful, b... DAVID RAKOFF There's nothing particularly wrong with being more pessimistic than optimistic. Optimism is broa... DAVID RAKOFF Central to living a life that is good is a life that's forgiving. We're creatures of contact... DAVID RAKOFF At least three times a week, I am overwhelmed with a wave of gratitude to New York City for providin... DAVID RAKOFF About the only thing that I have - or had, because it's failing me lately - is my memory. I had ... DAVID RAKOFF Typing was, as the placement agency lady had assured me, like riding a bike: my fingers remembered t... JOANNA RAKOFF Judges are the people who have to protect the rights of individuals, have to protect the rights of m... JED S. RAKOFF It's very hard to uphold individual liberty when the person you're representing is often a c... JED S. RAKOFF Why should the court impose a judgment in a case in which the SEC alleges a serious securities fraud... JED S. RAKOFF An application of judicial power that does not rest on facts is worse than mindless, it is inherentl... JED S. RAKOFF If you prosecute a CEO or other senior executive and send him or her to jail for committing a crime,... JED S. RAKOFF I admired Truman, among many other things, because he integrated the Army. I admired JFK because the... JED S. RAKOFF In baseball you have individual responsibility, and if you fail it, you get an error. But at the sam... JED S. RAKOFF In my experience, most federal prosecutors, at every level, are seeking to make a name for themselve... JED S. 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DAVID EINHORN I've got a fantasy-baseball team with my brother. But I have to admit, he does all the work. DAVID EINHORN My father and grandfather were businessmen. The family business was Adelphi Paints in New Jersey. Wh... DAVID EINHORN
The very heart of being a sovereign nation is providing security of one's borders, of one's ... 
The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on with one's life as if it were ... 
Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an o... 
Old age is just a record of one's whole life. 
The question of what it is to live an 'authentic life', that's a complicated one. 
I grew up in Georgia, and I started acting in plays when I was like eight years old, and I always me... 
I believe that the plight of life and all existence is to master one's self, you know, one day a... 
'Trilogy' was more of a claustrophobic body of work. Before it was released, I hadn't le... 
One thing that I tell people all the time is, 'I'm not going to answer a call from you after... 
The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's wor... 
I work more now because at this time of my life I am not disturbed from my aim by outside pressures ... 
Every night when I go out on stage, there's always one nagging fear in the back of my mind. I... 
Success has always been easy to measure. It is the distance between one's origins and one's ... 
My dad took me to all the best rock and punk shows when I was growing up and music has always been a... 
I have very liberal parents. People forget that Fidel Castro was on the cover of 'Time' maga... 
Well the least favourite question is the one that one's asked particularly about in Japan is wha... 
In my creative life, David Bowie is definitely an enormous influence on me, being one of rock's ... 
One of the things I've discovered at my age is I must have enchantment. And that was not clear t... 
If there's one message I want people to take away is never compromise being your authentic self.... 
Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one&... 
I have found, in my life experience with President Trump, when he's out there himself and he'... 
I like my life. I've had a good life. I think the reason is my parents taught me that life is a ... 
What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but ... 
My coming out, like most people's, was and is a gradual process - for no matter how out one is, ... 
The number one taboo for boys is to be feminine, so for someone to not only override their internal ... 
An awareness of one's mortality can lead you to wake up and live an authentic, meaningful life. 
The real Jihad is an internal process, not an external one. 
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One's family is the most important thing in life. I look at it this way: One of these days I'... 
We should not say that one man's hour is worth another man's hour, but rather that one man d... 
Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing ever... 
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People ask me all the time, 'How can I become a successful entrepreneur?' And I have to be h... 
When a grown man reaches forty, we change him for an old one. He has completely disappeared. There&#... 
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Scientology is one of the least homophobic religions. It's not very interested in the body at al... 
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If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance. 
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It is my belief that one's salary is between an individual and the IRS. 
It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient. 
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The sovereignty of one's self over one's self is called Liberty. 
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To know one's self is wisdom, but not to know one's neighbors is genius. 
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Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail. 
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Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time. 
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People use irony as a defense mechanism. 
I knew I wanted to have a doll of myself on the cover. I thought, I wanna see myself as a Ken doll. 
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I like time off. I'm not a workaholic. 
I've had an awful lot of good fortune. 
There were times when I was a joke, but talent survives. 
Most people view success by the results, and I don't. 
All my big mistakes are when I try to second-guess or please an audience. My work is always stronger... 
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The law always limits every power it gives. 
Life to me is a journey - you never know what may be your next destination. 
False modesty can be worse than arrogance. 
If you read somebody's diary, you get what you deserve. 
What I value most in my friends is loyalty. 
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