David Rakoff Quotes

There's nothing particularly wrong with being more pessimistic than optimistic. Optimism is broad-based, non-detail-oriented thinking; pessimism is detail-oriented thinking.

David Rakoff

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

OptimismThinkingWrongNothingMore

It is so small a thing to have enjoyed the sun, to have lived light in the spring, to have loved, to have thought, to have done.

Matthew Arnold

LightSunSpringSmallThoughtDone

On the campaign, I've had the privilege of advocating for important issues that affect all women, like demanding equal pay for equal work, pushing to raise our minimum wage, and promoting the idea of paid family leave.

Ann Callis

WorkFamilyWomenImportantPay

I've always lived in a city.

Ana Gasteyer

CityAlwaysLived

I would adore to make up with the United States of America... Oh, America, what is the matter with you? Why couldn't you have been my friend?

Sukarno

FriendAmericaYouWhyMatterUp

As a director, I have to feel realism from actors, and they can't be plastic.

Tommy Wiseau

FeelDirectorPlasticRealism

What is faithfulness, anyway? Can you be unfaithful to your own feelings and faithful to someone else? Is it faithful to lie in bed night after night with someone you love but no longer desire while ardently dreaming of someone else?

Mary Gaitskill

LoveLieNightSomeoneYouFeelings

My parents were truly severe.

Miuccia Prada

ParentsSevereWereTruly

What I'd really like to write is a romantic comedy. This is my favorite kind of movie. I feel almost embarrassed revealing this, because the genre has been so degraded in the past twenty years that saying you like romantic comedies is essentially an admission of mild stupidity.

Mindy Kaling

RomanticPastStupiditySayingYou

No matter who we are or where we live, we all share a basic concern for the safety and well-being of our young people. Their welfare is the most telling measure of our nation's success - and their potential is the most promising element of its future. It is up to us - all of us - to safeguard that future.

Loretta Lynch

SuccessFutureLivePeopleSafety

I've always been about, how do I get my ideas out to the most people?

Boots Riley

PeopleIdeasAlwaysOutGetBeen

Silicon Valley is the best place to start a tech company in so many ways.

Niklas Zennstrom

BestStartPlaceCompanyValley

Love is just a word that we've chosen to use to describe something that we can't fully explain. I mean, it's like, as a culture, we've just all agreed on using the term, but I think people get so caught up in the word that they don't allow themselves the privilege to live out what it actually might be.

Musiq Soulchild

LoveLiveCultureLove IsPeople

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