David Nevins Quotes

When it comes to storytelling, not taking risks is riskier than swinging for the fences. I have very simple ambitions when it comes to taking risks in storytelling and programming. I try very hard to avoid the expected.

David Nevins

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I really want to live in New York. That's the city of my dreams.

Joel Kinnaman

DreamsLiveNew YorkCityNewWant

If we're the country that makes Amazon and Facebook and Twitter, why can't the federal government have websites and digital services that are awesome?

Megan Smith

GovernmentCountryWhyWebsites

Learning from the American experience, governments around the world have developed national innovation policies and programs to accelerate their economic prosperity and to help their citizens and companies compete globally.

Robert Hormats

LearningInnovationExperienceWorld

Between 2007 and 2010, the average white family experienced an 11% reduction in wealth, but the average black family lost 31% of its wealth. The average Hispanic family lost 44.7%.

Matthew Desmond

FamilyBlackWealthWhiteLost

I'm not as good a singer as I am an actor. So that's why I - the stories I like so much is because I've been a story teller for a long time. I started as a singer and found out I didn't have a very good voice. That's the reason I went into acting.

Andy Griffith

GoodTimeI AmVoiceStoryActing

To be able to detect the outbreak of avian flu anywhere in the world is going to require a partnership of several countries that will share information and samples, but it is important to remember a threat anywhere is a threat everywhere.

Michael C. Burgess

WorldRememberPartnershipImportant

People often refer to my career before The Crying Game as something which led up to that point. But I was very fulfilled in what I was doing.

Stephen Rea

PeopleGameDoingCareerPointUp

I'm a documentary filmmaker by training. You got to start with the real people and the real place.

Simon Beaufoy

TrainingPeopleStartYouPlaceGot

I want to expand my cuisine to this country. I love America. I have been here 22 years.

Masaharu Morimoto

LoveAmericaCountryWantYears

It's going to be really weird when I'm 80 years old, in a walker, and people are still calling me America's sweetheart. We need a new one.

Mary Lou Retton

PeopleMeWeirdAmericaNewNeed

When my 'Scientific American' arrives every month, I read it cover to cover.

Micky Dolenz

AmericanMonthReadCoverEvery

I'm blessed to be living this dream of writing and singing, but that's not the real dream I had. The real dream was to make enough money to take care of all the pain and suffering that my mother has been through.

Missy Elliott

MotherMoneyPainSufferingBlessed

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