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Learning to live with the given is the great humbling educational process of life.

~David Milch

Topics: Educational Given Great Humbling Learning Life Live Process

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Ego suppression can be an act of ostentation.

~David Milch

Topics: Act Ego Suppression

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Commercials were once TV's version of the church. Which is to say, you couldn't offend the sponsor; therefore, certain values had to be underscored in the subject matter.

~David Milch

Topics: Certain Church Commercials Had Matter Offend Once Say Sponsor Subject Subject Matter Therefore Tv Values Version Were Which You

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The kind of flinching from any form of art or experience that PETA seems to advocate is ultimately life-hating.

~David Milch

Topics: Advocate Any Art Experience Form Kind Seems Ultimately

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With 'Nostromo', Joseph Conrad said that he had wanted to write a novel about the degradation of an idea. That's what we wanted to show in the case of Dustin Hoffman's character, Bernstein.

~David Milch

Topics: About Case Character Degradation Had He Idea Joseph Novel Said Show Wanted Write

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Apes beat their chests so they don't have to fight 24 hours a day.

~David Milch

Topics: Ape Beat Chest Day Fight Hours 24 Hours

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In any operation, what you have to do is to persuade the patient to grant access to the patient's energy. The purest form of that is when you're trying to help a woman through labor: when you're saying, 'Push, push!' and you're rhythmically with the woman.

~David Milch

Topics: Access Any Energy Form Grant Help Labor Operation Patient Persuade Purest Push Saying Through Trying Woman You

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The predicate of modern medicine is, 'We invalidate your humanity, but we give you immortality, so you have to shut up and listen to us.'

~David Milch

Topics: Give Humanity Immortality Listen Medicine Modern Shut Shut Up Up Us You Your

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For a long time, I felt that was actually the best I could ever hope for - to pretend to be a good person - because I was quite the opposite.

~David Milch

Topics: Actually Because Best Could Ever Felt Good Good Person Hope Long Long Time Opposite Person Pretend Quite Time

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A person could look at me through ninety-five per cent of my experience and know that I had no shot. Because I was so unreliable. The only thing you could rely on me for was to betray you.

~David Milch

Topics: Because Betray Cent Could Experience Had Know Look Me Only Per Person Rely Shot The Only Thing Thing Through Unreliable You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Producer

Born: March 23rd, 1945

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