David Duffield Quotes

Yeah, I could go rock on the back porch and do crossword puzzles - but I've got six kids, ages 9 to 16, and someone in the family should work. That's me.

David Duffield

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WorkFamilyMeSomeoneBackRock

When I was a nurse I never had much money, and I was still happy then.

Jo Brand

MoneyHappyNeverStillNurseMuch

I want the municipality to be a helping hand to the man with a desire of sympathy, to help the fallen when it is not in their power to help themselves.

John Burns

PowerManSympathyHelpDesireWant

Our focus needs to be on freeing dissidents and continuing to support the opposition movement within Cuba - not rewarding Castro and subsidizing and strengthening his totalitarian regime.

Mel Martinez

FocusSupportCubaMovementWithin

One movie I think is just terrific is 'Bernie,' with Jack Black and Shirley MacLaine. That was a great surprise to me - so witty, so entertaining, a true story, and I'm not a great Jack Black fan, but he's great in it. I think it's a gem.

Robert Osborne

GreatMeStoryBlackThinkSurprise

When I left my job at Lehman Brothers to start a company, my best friend's mother said, 'How could you leave a sure thing like Lehman to do a silly carpool startup?' That was three months before Lehman went bankrupt.

John Zimmer

FriendMotherBestJobStartYou

Age, what is it? It's not a figure that has ever meant anything to me.

Steffi Graf

AgeMeAnythingFigureEverMeant

If I am honest with myself, a not-insignificant fraction of my enjoyment of any episode of 'Game of Thrones' is delivered in its opening moments. I sit down, settle in, and... BUM-bum, bah-dah-BUM-bum.

Robin Sloan

MyselfI AmGameMomentsDownSit

Stand-up is kind of like my home base, and doing stand-up in New York is what I like doing most.

Judah Friedlander

HomeNew YorkDoingNewKindLike

I've certainly auditioned for big budget studio films. I don't know if it's because there's so much money involved, but a lot of times the pressure overwhelms me and engulfs me. I end up falling apart in the audition.

Jason Ritter

MoneyMeEndPressureBudgetKnow

If I weren't an actor, I'd either be a teacher or a critic.

Dennis Haysbert

TeacherActorCriticEitherWere

'Spoonman' wasn't written for any album. It was just written for fun.

Chris Cornell

FunJustAlbumAnyWritten

That was a sin: to consider yourself victimized or not able to control your destiny or your fate - that was the one cardinal sin in our community.

Condoleezza Rice

CommunityYourselfControlDestiny

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