David Rakoff Quotes

It's rare that I'm not at work on some sort of craft project. I've often enthused about the need to make things; how it employs a unique set of muscles - physical, intellectual, spiritual - that I can attain a state of flow when making something that I almost never can when writing.

David Rakoff

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I spent more than 20 years of my professional career researching and developing renewable energy sources.

Jerry McNerney

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Human beings will justify anything.

Alycia Debnam-Carey

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The number of people, the labor force, has shrunk by nine million human beings since Obama took office.

Rush Limbaugh

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Since I'm a professional communicator, I think I instinctively cling to doing what I do best, even in times of crisis and turmoil.

Mike Gallagher

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It's amazing... to enjoy the results of your labor.

Michael Rady

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To say that there is patriarchy in Arab culture is not denying women agency.

Mona Eltahawy

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I would join a band, learn from that band and be committed and passionate and bring my thing to the band. Then, when I felt like we were going to repeat ourselves, and I needed to learn more, I would go somewhere else.

Johnny Marr

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I came from a very poor background. I came from children's homes; I came from a violent family, and against all the odds, I succeeded.

DeObia Oparei

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The Oscars have always been an arena in which very commercial films are recognised, and I don't mean that in a bitter way; I just didn't ever look in that direction.

Debra Granik

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We are the number one economy in the world, and we ought to continue to pursue those kinds of policies that ensure that we maintain that position, like innovation and like technology and like education and like just research and development and discovery.

Donald Evans

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Anything that loosens you up and makes you freer is good, because that's what acting and performing is all about - being free. It gives you a better connection to the audience.

Brett Somers

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The world of entertainment is, like the world of fashion, becoming increasingly populated by those who don't want to do things the same old boring way.

Anna Wintour

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