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David Plouffe

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DAVID CRYSTAL I tolerate lactose like I tolerate people.
LARRY DAVID Mathematics knows no races or geographic boundaries; for mathematics, the cultural world is one coun...
DAVID HILBERT Every spring, this country will be reminded of the Lady from Texas. As trees bloom and flowers carpe...
DAVID MIXNER If you're a reporter, the easiest thing in the world is to get a story. The hardest thing is to ...
DAVID HALBERSTAM I'm a good person, I hope. But I'm never as good as I want to be, never as nice as I want to...
DAVID TENNANT I checked out all types of tobacco trying to find one that would be easiest to live with, I ended up...
DAVID STRATHAIRN A poet could write volumes about diners, because they're so beautiful. They're brightly lit,...
DAVID LYNCH Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in...
DAVID HOCKNEY It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my fi...
DAVID HUME Lion sounds that have not grown from the mouse may exude naked power... but cannot convey any wisdom...
DAVID WHYTE The rules of morality are not the conclusion of our reason.
DAVID HUME Mathematics is a game played according to certain simple rules with meaningless marks on paper.
DAVID HILBERT But Dr. Smith says, and I believe it to be a true state of the case, that he himself gave a course o...
DAVID RITTENHOUSE I played hockey in the winter, and then I would play golf in the summer. But I always knew I'd b...
DAVID HEARN Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill.
DAVID HOCKNEY Through the years I've been getting better and better and better, and it's what you learn th...
DAVID ORTIZ 'The Sopranos' is filled with really retrograde humor. Bathroom humor, falls, stupid puns, b...
DAVID CHASE I am more weary of life, I think, than ever I was.
DAVID BRAINERD The important thing is for the characters to feel real, and to be given the humanity they are due. T...
DAVID LEVITHAN You can't take a knife on a plane anymore, but you can get on carrying a virus.
DAVID QUAMMEN Trying on pants is one of the most humiliating things a man can suffer that doesn't involve a wo...
LARRY DAVID