Don Davis quote: "The hard thing about TV is that you've go to write really fast and you have to make a small orchestra sound big. The great thing about TV is that the restrictions separate the boys from the men."

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The two Super Bowls [won with the Patriots] were both great experiences, but they didn't fill any vo...
DON DAVIS

You should never violate your discharge standards, but it's difficult to know how we could have hand...
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Even my own buddies around the league tell me, 'Hey, you know what? I'm rooting for you, but I reall...
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We are taking a series of actions to combat these very difficult market conditions in automation con...
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Locating our headquarters close to our businesses in the Midwest will significantly enhance the line...
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It's great to see guys from this area and get to play against them. He seems like a competitive guy....
DON DAVIS

There are situations where directors give composers directives just to give them directives Just to ...
DON DAVIS

I don't think I'm revealing any secrets when I say that Jet Li will be involved in the next two Matr...
DON DAVIS

It's going to be tough, ... but this team has reacted to adversity very well in the past and this wi...
DON DAVIS

Rohan has a strong throwing arm, so he was definitely able to give us the look when we faced big-arm...
DON DAVIS

I love Thanksgiving. In Canada, we don't really have a lot of history with Thanksgiving, and it&...
MACKENZIE DAVIS

I was in and out of comas until I was nine and I would lose entire days and weeks. The novelty of be...
JIM DAVIS

I stop short of being a workaholic.
JIM DAVIS

When you're through with your cat, you can't throw it in the trash.
JIM DAVIS

I didn't have a whole lot of success getting dates, I was always a bit of a geek.
JIM DAVIS

I can go everywhere and no one recognises me.
JIM DAVIS

I was very happy and honored to create the Professor Garfield Foundation with Ball State to make rea...
JIM DAVIS

Usually I commit to something in my head and then I start drawing.
JIM DAVIS

I probably get more inspiration for human stories and idiosyncrasies than I do animal stories.
JIM DAVIS

My dream in life is to write the one gag that makes everyone in the world laugh.
JIM DAVIS

I thought if I could create a convincing cat I could say and do anything I wanted on the human condi...
JIM DAVIS

Readers have told me that their children have learned to read after years of struggle after starting...
JIM DAVIS

You have to do something when you're lying in bed. So you play with your mind.
JIM DAVIS

The understatement is the English contribution to comedy.
JIM DAVIS

Avoid fruits and nuts. You are what you eat.
JIM DAVIS

There are so many opportunities in life, that the loss of two or three capabilities is not necessari...
JIM DAVIS

Cats are anthropomorphised in art because they are so laid back that you automatically attribute hum...
JIM DAVIS

You'd have to go a long way to find someone who was more proud and grateful for what our veteran...
JIM DAVIS

Good morning is a contradiction of terms.
JIM DAVIS

Cats rule the world.
JIM DAVIS

I was living as a young single mom. I was 19 when I was divorced, and my daughter was a year old, an...
WENDY DAVIS

I've been hearing this since I first joined the Reds organization, that I'm going to be the ...
ERIC DAVIS

Some people harbour an awkward clash of feelings - homosexual attraction on the one hand and shame o...
EVAN DAVIS

We worked so hard, spent so much time in weight room and in camps to be where we are today. We wante...
ANTHONY DAVIS

That is your legacy on this Earth when you leave this Earth: how many hearts you touched.
PATTI DAVIS

I discovered that in a story I could safely dream any dream, hope any hope, go anywhere I pleased an...
DONALD DAVIS

Getting four people awake, fed, dressed, and out the door on time is a challenge. Add to that making...
TAMRA DAVIS

A school morning is usually a pretty hectic time in any household.
TAMRA DAVIS

A mom can't afford to be sick.
TAMRA DAVIS

I discovered television is a great way to deal with the chaos of new motherhood. I would put the bab...
TAMRA DAVIS

It felt amazing to be one of a handful working female directors in Hollywood.
TAMRA DAVIS

I started making music videos in my twenties and made my first feature, 'Guncrazy,' at 29. I...
TAMRA DAVIS

I've been lucky enough to work in pop culture, especially with people right before they popped.
TAMRA DAVIS

My connection with Basquiat was really in Los Angeles, which really was a whole different world to w...
TAMRA DAVIS

All of my main characters have been under 30.
TAMRA DAVIS

When you are talking about someone's art, it is usually so personal.
TAMRA DAVIS

I have been lucky in my life to have met people that are special, so extraordinary talented that the...
TAMRA DAVIS

In 1983, I was working at an art gallery in Los Angeles and going to film school at Los Angeles City...
TAMRA DAVIS

I am so inspired by new media.
TAMRA DAVIS

It's hard to have people talking about you and trashing you in the media and saying they think y...
TAMRA DAVIS

Many classrooms are overcrowded, and splitting the class into smaller groups gives the children more...
TAMRA DAVIS

Helping out in your kid's classroom is a great way to get involved with your child's school.
TAMRA DAVIS

There's no continuity in videos... you can jump around all over the place. In features, you can&...
TAMRA DAVIS

Basquiat will continue to show us new things about who we are and why he was so important.
TAMRA DAVIS

I learned early in my career to not let myself get in the way of humor but, instead, find what is gr...
TAMRA DAVIS

Music video played a huge role in developing my sensibility as a director.
TAMRA DAVIS

A diet that is high in fat, sugar and salt makes it really hard for a body to function efficiently.
TAMRA DAVIS

I love making films, and as long as I love the subject, I just have a crazy amount of passion and en...
TAMRA DAVIS

I hope to work till I'm an old lady.
TAMRA DAVIS

How do you make it to the top when all you have is ambition and talent? You believe in yourself and ...
TAMRA DAVIS

Having someone cook all your meals is the best vacation ever!
TAMRA DAVIS

Sunshine is a welcome thing. It brings a lot of brightness.
JIMMIE DAVIS

On paper I would be a rather bold individual in our culture.
WADE DAVIS

Change is no threat to culture.
WADE DAVIS

It's haunting to realize that half of the languages of the world are teetering on the brink of e...
WADE DAVIS

You know, once something freezes, it's solid. That's the key to the arctic - they didn't...
WADE DAVIS

All cultures through all time have constantly been engaged in a dance with new possibilities for lif...
WADE DAVIS

I've always been open about my life not because my story is unique, but because it isn't.
WENDY DAVIS

Texas has waited too long for a governor who knows that quid pro quo shouldn't be the status quo...
WENDY DAVIS

Let's make sure that we don't close down 37 of the 42 clinics in Texas and leave women with ...
WENDY DAVIS

While Texas women have the right to safe, legal abortion, in reality there are already very few faci...
WENDY DAVIS

I can say with absolute certainty that I will run for one of two offices: my state Senate seat or fo...
WENDY DAVIS

Harvard was the most intimidating experience. I felt so out of my league there.
WENDY DAVIS

We know that Texas is more than a state. Texas has always been a promise. The promise that where you...
WENDY DAVIS

I'm happy in Lululemon, with a glass of red wine, watching HGTV.
WENDY DAVIS

Texas Republican political leaders take perverse pride in how deeply they have cut our state's e...
WENDY DAVIS

When you're serving at the local level, you have to build strong personal relationships to get t...
WENDY DAVIS

As a senator from the only true swing district in the Texas Senate, I've been targeted by the GO...
WENDY DAVIS

When I first put my hat in the ring, several very tried and true and loyal Democratic activists from...
WENDY DAVIS

We need to get away from labels. That's the way people talk in Washington, D.C. - through labels...
WENDY DAVIS

I always stand out by the voting lines on Election Day, and I can't tell you how many people say...
WENDY DAVIS

I'm not an overnight sensation. I'm a Texan. And I'm a Texas success story. I am the epi...
WENDY DAVIS

I'm a very competitive person. You won't change things unless you are prepared to fight, eve...
WENDY DAVIS

I am proud of where I came from, and I am proud of what I've been able to achieve through hard w...
WENDY DAVIS

I hope telling the story of how I went from being a single mom to serving in the Texas State Senate ...
WENDY DAVIS

Let's make sure that we are working for age-appropriate sex education in our school system.
WENDY DAVIS

My parents are both average size. For them to have a child who was very, very different and very, ve...
WARWICK DAVIS

But things such as 'Harry Potter', all I can do is shape my character, seek the director'...
WARWICK DAVIS

When I go from a role with heavy prosthetic makeup, which I've done quite a bit of as well, and ...
WARWICK DAVIS

When I came up with the character of Wicket for 'Return Of The Jedi', which was my first fil...
WARWICK DAVIS

I mean, I would say I get five or six e-mails every day from people asking, "Is there going to ...
WARWICK DAVIS

To me that's part of my working day, and I would never refuse a job where I'm under several ...
WARWICK DAVIS

Very obsessed fans do ask actors to attend their weddings.
WARWICK DAVIS

My wife is short, and my two kids are also small.
WARWICK DAVIS

I'm an actor, and when I close the door at home I'm kind of off-duty.
WARWICK DAVIS

I've found that it's actually more of a disability to be tall than short. I have no problem ...
WARWICK DAVIS

In a costume, you need very exaggerated body language - as you say, sort of mime-type skills.
WARWICK DAVIS

I wouldn't say one is easier or more difficult, but when you're inside a costume and a mask,...
WARWICK DAVIS

So, I think I'd be grateful for the next job. I always am. And I always consider everything I do...
WARWICK DAVIS

I run Willow Management, which is the biggest agency for other short actors. We look after performer...
WARWICK DAVIS

As you get older, you can suffer from painful hips, and our joints wear a lot quicker than for peopl...
WARWICK DAVIS

The way people deal with me - they'll go overboard in trying to be politically correct and make ...
WARWICK DAVIS

It's interesting to see what people are saying about me. I like keep up with the latest rumors! ...
WARWICK DAVIS

People who are short, they're often portrayed as the victim.
WARWICK DAVIS

My parents armed me with an amazing sense of humor, and it's what you need when, well, it's ...
WARWICK DAVIS

My dad instilled in me a great sense of humor. I wasn't bullied at school because my outward att...
WARWICK DAVIS

Nothing's better than coming away from a film when people don't even recognize you, because ...
WARWICK DAVIS

I wouldn't change a thing about my family.
WARWICK DAVIS

My life is quite physical anyway. When you are three-foot-six you kind of have to climb stuff now an...
WARWICK DAVIS

I grew up in the southern United States in a city which at that time during the late '40's a...
ANGELA DAVIS

Americans have the right under the Second Amendment to own firearms, and that is not going to change...
WENDY DAVIS

What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.
ANGELA DAVIS

It takes a lot of energy to be negative. You have to work at it. But smiling is painless. I'd ra...
ERIC DAVIS

Real Texans don't want any woman to die of cancer because she can't get decent health care o...
WENDY DAVIS

You really can't turn on TLC without seeing us.
PAIGE DAVIS

I think even when homeowners love their room, it's still a shock, because you left your house, w...
PAIGE DAVIS

I'm basically for the whole year just traveling with three suitcases.
PAIGE DAVIS

The best thing about New York is everything is available. Whatever you want, New York has got it!
PAIGE DAVIS

These rooms are decorated in two days. It's all kept secret. The neighbors spend the night in ea...
PAIGE DAVIS

College ain't so much where you been as how you talk when you get back.
OSSIE DAVIS

Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change - it can not only move us, i...
OSSIE DAVIS

I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.
OSSIE DAVIS

The story of Rod Stewart, the story of Carlos Santana is so inspiring to young musicians because it ...
CLIVE DAVIS

It was really unusual to go from being in university for four years to all of a sudden acting every ...
MACKENZIE DAVIS

Our relationships with our computers are almost sexual, they're so close. They're just such ...
MACKENZIE DAVIS

If I had criteria, it would just be that I want to play active people who can solve problems, not pe...
MACKENZIE DAVIS

As a viewer, I'm personally less interested in the damaged, white, middle-class male figuring ou...
MACKENZIE DAVIS

I've just sort of jumped into relationships and moved in with people way too soon.
MACKENZIE DAVIS

I modeled for a little while in college. I was desperate to travel, and I got scouted, and they want...
MACKENZIE DAVIS

I've been lucky to work consistently on women who I think are interesting, fleshed out, and stro...
MACKENZIE DAVIS

I think - more than anything, I think I'd really like to start producing and be in charge of the...
MACKENZIE DAVIS

I loved the DOS games, Super Nintendo. And I have a very addictive personality, so I recognize now t...
MACKENZIE DAVIS

I just like the insides of things and finding ways into microscopic worlds. There's also an elem...
MACKENZIE DAVIS

I think Julianne Moore is the most radiantly beautiful human being and isn't messing with nature...
MACKENZIE DAVIS

I just think 'Broad City' - Comedy Central's answer to 'Girls' - is the best thi...
MACKENZIE DAVIS

Feminism is rooted in racial rights and gender rights, and all of those things intersect, and to say...
MACKENZIE DAVIS

I'm always surprised when actors say they don't like sex scenes. It's like a freebie. It...
MACKENZIE DAVIS

I'm getting rid of this idea that you want people to like you. I'm making decisions on what ...
MACKENZIE DAVIS

I've been really lucky that I've been exposed to a lot of lovely, talented people who are no...
MACKENZIE DAVIS

How you choose to present yourself to the world shows what's meaningful to you - and what you wa...
MACKENZIE DAVIS

I'm really aware of the conversations that surround young actresses in Hollywood. I always get m...
MACKENZIE DAVIS

I wanted to be Beetlejuice. I watched nonstop 'Beetlejuice' and 'The Princess Bride'...
MACKENZIE DAVIS

I don't just act to pay my rent. I really like doing it, so I get frustrated when I don't ge...
MACKENZIE DAVIS

I'm not a runner, and I always dreamed about just throwing on my sneakers and really knocking ev...
MACKENZIE DAVIS

I wear a lot of boyish stuff, but I prefer to throw a fur coat on top just for the hell of it.
MACKENZIE DAVIS

I have taxidermy pets that are very close to me. I have a little lizard with a head that comes on an...
MACKENZIE DAVIS

I'm probably less volatile and tempestuous than a lot of Aries, but I think I'm probably qui...
MACKENZIE DAVIS

I was imagining a long life of being a stone cold loser. Then I got a job, which was really nice, th...
MACKENZIE DAVIS

Don't Cry Daddy is a pretty sad song. He got to the end of it and it was just real quiet and Elv...
MAC DAVIS

Elvis was just like a big old kid. It was like he never got past 19, I don't think, in a lotta w...
MAC DAVIS

First time I saw Elvis was at the Lubbock County fairgrounds in Lubbock, Texas. He was on the back e...
MAC DAVIS

I didn't have a lot of communication with Elvis. You had to go through a barricade to get to Elv...
MAC DAVIS

I had Elvis' number in my book and I never called it.
MAC DAVIS

I still have an old painting the Colonel gave me. It was the first time the Colonel had been back to...
MAC DAVIS

I worked for a publishing company in Hollywood.
MAC DAVIS

I'm sure that Elvis was happy for me. I think he was the kind of guy that enjoyed other people&#...
MAC DAVIS

I had always wanted to write a song called, The Vicious Circle. I always thought it was like, the ki...
MAC DAVIS

I was out on the golf course, a guy came riding out in a golf cart and said, Did you know that Elvis...
MAC DAVIS

It's pretty amazing to me that my first hit record was an Elvis Presley record.
MAC DAVIS

There was a chance for me to write one song for the section where Elvis sat in his black leather out...
MAC DAVIS

In the Ghetto, I'd been trying to write for years.
MAC DAVIS

One of my real goals was to hear someone whistling a song I'd written.
MAC DAVIS

I met the Colonel when Elvis was recording some song I'd written for one of his movies. Elvis wa...
MAC DAVIS

Every performer who ever performed in rock and roll or even close to it is lying if they tell you th...
MAC DAVIS

If it was just me and Elvis one on one, which only happened once or twice in the times that I did se...
MAC DAVIS

A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.
BETTE DAVIS

In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star.
BETTE DAVIS

I am just too much.
BETTE DAVIS

Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism.
BETTE DAVIS

Strong women only marry weak men.
BETTE DAVIS

I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.
BETTE DAVIS

If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.
BETTE DAVIS

There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the...
BETTE DAVIS

Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it's not a bit of a jungle in the home, a chi...
BETTE DAVIS

Sex is God's joke on human beings.
BETTE DAVIS

Everybody has a heart. Except some people.
BETTE DAVIS

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.
BETTE DAVIS

I sent my flowers across the hall to Mrs Nixon but her husband remembered what a Democrat I am and s...
BETTE DAVIS

Life is a jest; and all things show it. I thought so once; but now I know it.
BETTE DAVIS

That's me: an old kazoo with some sparklers.
BETTE DAVIS

To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the...
BETTE DAVIS

I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, an...
BETTE DAVIS

The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he's dead.
BETTE DAVIS

The subject of bisexuality really needs much more discussion. It's a status that does exist.
CLIVE DAVIS

Real Texans want their kids to have the best education possible, not the one politicians looking to ...
WENDY DAVIS

Somebody warned me early on to be very careful about brushing up against the chocolate.
GEENA DAVIS

For me, the main principle for broadcasters has to be that if people stand to benefit from an interv...
EVAN DAVIS

It’s like, how did Columbus discover America when the Indians were already here? What kind of shit...
MILES DAVIS

We didn't score enough points with the firepower we have.
AL DAVIS

This organization's not going to turn back. We're going to find a way. I'd like my next head coach t...
AL DAVIS

Mike has always been of interest because he is dynamic, he is not afraid. But there is a fear right ...
AL DAVIS

I don't think Sean Payton turned down the job because Sean Payton was never offered the job. Sean Pa...
AL DAVIS

This puts entertainment officially on the map as a key market for the company.
AL DAVIS

We came forward with everything we could to make everyone happy ? especially our fans ? and see if w...
AL DAVIS

Bill was a great friend, a brilliant performer and an exceptional man. I say this with great admirat...
AL DAVIS

If it weren't for a new rule that came into being, we'd have played three years in a row in the cham...
AL DAVIS

Once a Raider, always a Raider.
AL DAVIS

The hard thing about TV is that you've go to write really fast and you have to make a small orchestra sound big. The great thing about TV is that the restrictions separate the boys from the men.

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The hard thing about TV is that you've go to write really fast and you have to make a small orchestra sound big. The great thing about TV is that the restrictions separate the boys from the men.

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