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We haven't usually had to face the extreme questions about liberty and order because we're not a nation of extremists. We love freedom and good government both.

~David Ignatius

Topics: About Because Both Extreme Extremists Face Freedom Good Good Government Government Had Liberty Love Nation Order Questions

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I began writing fiction because it was the only way to tell all the intricacies of a real-life spy story.

~David Ignatius

Topics: Because Began Fiction Only Real-Life Spy Story Tell Way Writing

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Thanksgiving is America's favorite holiday because it's a time when we put aside our cares, much as the struggling Pilgrims did nearly four centuries ago, and eat a gut-busting meal without worrying about the 'out years.'

~David Ignatius

Topics: About America Aside Because Cares Centuries Did Eat Favorite Four Holiday Meal Much Nearly Our Out Pilgrims Put Struggling Thanksgiving Time Without Worrying Years

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Necessarily, I'm always involved in casting, as any playwright is, because the whole process of putting on a play is a collaborative, organic effort on the part of a bunch of people trying to think alike.

~David Ives

Topics: Alike Always Any Because Bunch Casting Collaborative Effort Involved Necessarily Organic Part People Play Playwright Process Putting Think Trying Whole

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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy.

~David Ives

Topics: Because Challenge Comedy English Form Gives Great Interesting Me Possibility Verse Which Writing

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Successful ecologists are successful in part because they have prepared their minds to attack scientific problems using a variety of intellectual tools.

~David J. Anderson

Topics: Attack Because Intellectual Minds Part Prepared Problems Scientific Successful Tools Using Variety

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You know when you read that someone has to leave a show or a tour because they had 'nervous exhaustion'? Well, I had one of those and discovered that I was quite close to death. I always assumed that my lifestyle was going to take me at an early age, but when it was actually occurring I was, 'Not yet!' I pulled back.

~David Johansen

Topics: Actually Age Always Assumed Back Because Close Death Discovered Early Early Age Exhaustion Going Had Know Leave Lifestyle Me Nervous Pulled Quite Read Show Someone Take Those Tour Well You

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He who is honest in his dealings simply because of the social prestige and position it secures will never develop his higher nature, but will always live along the lower lines.

~David Josiah Brewer

Topics: Along Always Because Develop He Higher His Honest Lines Live Lower Nature Never Position Prestige Simply Social Who Will

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And you know, almost in a perverse way, I wish it had been undue influence because we know how to correct that. We get rid of the people who, in fact, were exercising that.

~David Kay

Topics: Almost Because Been Correct Exercising Fact Get Had How In Fact Influence Know People Perverse Rid Way Were Who Wish You I Wish

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I'm a working actor so I never really pick a film because of a genre, and I don't really turn them down because of genre. Anything that's unlike the picture I just finished is always more interesting.

~David Keith

Topics: Actor Always Anything Because Down Film Finished Genre Interesting Just More Never Pick Picture Really Them Turn Unlike Working Working Actor

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