David Rakoff Quotes

Everybody's got something. In the end, what choice does one really have but to understand that truth, to really take it in, and then shop for groceries, get a haircut, do one's work; get on with the business of one's life. That's the hope, anyway.

David Rakoff

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: November 27, 1964 - August 9, 2012

Topics

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The belief that a person can and should only feel grief over one sad event at a time is a truly disturbing estimate of our emotional capacity.

Jennifer Armintrout

SadTimeGriefFeelPersonBelief

I have broken a lot of stories.

Robert Scheer

BrokenStoriesLot

SoulCycle feels gross, is gross, and I'm grateful to have found it.

Mary H.K. Choi

GratefulFoundFeelsGross

Show business always tries to stereotype you, so that is something you have to fight against no matter who you are. A lot of actors who are of a minority background complain that they only get stereotyped roles, and they are 100 percent correct. However, it's also true that, no matter who you are, you get typecast as well.

Judah Friedlander

BusinessFightYouTrueMatter

I've come from nowhere, and I'm not shy to go back.

Jason Statham

BackGoShyNowhereCome

Let's say that, in reality, I'm basically very shy when it comes to men.

Donna Summer

MenRealitySayShyVeryBasically

I'm a fan of records. I'm a fan of listening to something cover to cover and not wanting to skip over anything.

Chris Stapleton

ListeningOverAnythingSomething

Every time I talk about this, I say: when the singer is singing, he must be respected, you must be able to hear what he's saying. You can't put a trombone and a drum up there, and a microphone on the drum, microphones on everybody. You can't hear what he's saying.

Compay Segundo

TimeSingingSayingYouSayTalk

Just as the bird sings or the butterfly soars, because it is his natural characteristic, so the artist works.

Alma Gluck

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You had 42 blacks that ran on the Republican ticket this Cycle, 14 made of them made it to the general election and two of us made it to the House of Representatives. So I think that there is a new movement that needs to have a voice in the Congressional Black Caucus.

Allen West

VoiceBlackThinkYouHouseNew

For some time, I thought being a producer would be a more fulfilling career than being an actor. But then I went to a conference in Cannes with 300 other producers, all desperately chasing finance for their projects... and realized being an actor wasn't so bad after all!

William Kircher

TimeFinanceThoughtBadCareer

Yes, I see the Mobile Base System really is the shoulder of the arm. The arm is right there, like a human arm. It's really funny to look at the similarities between a human arm and the Canadian robotics arm.

Philippe Perrin

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