David Nevins Quotes

I like stories with a collision of disparate tones. Look at 'Shameless' or 'House of Lies'. They go from big, silly, and comedic to very real dramatic moments in the wink of an eye.

David Nevins

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EyeMomentsSillyLookHouseGo

People I knew in high school have gone in many directions, as I have gone in my particular direction. They now have different and absorbing interests of their own, just as I have mine.

Jim Nabors

SchoolPeopleHigh SchoolDirection

For even these are no less bestowed on him of pure grace, than are righteousness and salvation themselves.

Johann Arndt

GraceHimSalvationPureEvenThan

You can't rise as a class. You have to rise individually. It's what many of the civil rights-era people don't understand.

Alphonso Jackson

PeopleYouRiseUnderstandClass

The images of Earth's delicate biosphere, contrasting with the sterile moonscape where the astronauts left their footsteps, have become iconic for environmentalists: these may indeed be the Apollo programme's most enduring legacy.

Martin Rees

SpaceLegacyEarthBecomeLeftMay

I know it won't be eight medals again. If you want to compare me to that, that's your decision, not mine. I'm going out there to try to accomplish the things that I have in my mind and in my heart.

Michael Phelps

HeartDecisionMindMeYouKnow

There exists, between people in love, a kind of capital held by each. This is not just a stock of affects or pleasure, but also the possibility of playing double or quits with the share you hold in the other's heart.

Jean Baudrillard

LoveHeartPeopleYouKindPleasure

I think that we all have to have that rite of passage of dating the tortured artist who seems cooler than we think we are; we aspire to be like them, and we're excited that somebody is turning us on to new music or a new lifestyle.

Drew Barrymore

MusicDatingThinkArtistNewUs

Research is the historical novelist's map, constraint, and purest energy.

Donald McCaig

ResearchEnergyMapHistorical

I would say that is the beauty of Adult Swim is that they're always pushing forward from what they've done in the past, and they're always just trying different styles.

Brett Gelman

BeautyPastForwardTryingDoneSay

I have a very dark sense of humor. I swear. I have a very playful relationship with Jesus.

Anne Lamott

RelationshipHumorDarkPlayfulVery

I like that 'Mad Men' is now an adjective I use to describe clothing when I'm shopping: 'I like this top. It's very 'Mad Men.'

Alison Brie

MenShoppingMadNowTopClothing

Writing is very much a playground - an artistic playground. It's the most fun thing I do.

Shania Twain

FunWritingPlaygroundMostMuch

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