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David Shore, a renowned American lawyer, was born on July 3, 1959. He is known for his professional knowledge and extensive practical experience in the legal field.

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“Things have their place. You wouldn't hang dreidels from a Christmas tree.”

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Author:David Shore

“Shorten the runway and you have fewer takeoffs and landings, shorten the runway and you enhance safety and reduce the noise, ... It also reduces the justification for the buyout as it is now being proposed.”

Safety Noise Fewer Justification Landing Runway Takeoff

Author:David Shore

“There are a lot of explorations on TV of romantic relationships, and some are good and some are bad. I think there are very few explorations of male friendship that' s not just a wingman type friendship and not just an opportunity for humor, but that really explores two friends and their relationship.”

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“I think you have to do the stories that interest you and hope an audience likes it, rather than doing stories that you think the audience will like, whether you like them or not. I think there has to be something that you find compelling and interesting, and then hopefully an audience will agree with you.”

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“The saying within the writer's room, which were my words of wisdom, if you will, was, "The punishment doesn't have to fit the crime, but there has to be a crime."”

Ifs Rooms Crime Words Of Wisdom Fit Punishment

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“You make decisions and choices, and you're never going to know if they're the ideal choices, but you make them and you make the most of them.”

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“You have to make changes before people are clamoring for changes. If people are asking for changes, it's too late.”

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“If your audience doesn't like something, you should think to yourself, "Well, why don't they like something? Is there something wrong here?" And, if they like something, you should think to yourself, "Why do they like it? What am I doing right here?," and deal with those issues.”

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“You have to be driven by the stories that you want to tell. You can't simply be responding, or there won't be any real heart to those stories anymore.”

Want Heart Real Stories Driven Responding Real Heart

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“Directing is a very all-consuming job. What you want to do there, as you're coming down the final road, is to just sit back and enjoy and let the wind flow through your hair. When you're directing, you're sitting there going, "I need to make this shot. How many hours do we have left in the day? How many hours behind are we?" You're just constantly worried about doing the job.”

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“You're supposed to trust friends. You have no reason to be his friend? That is part of the pleasure of friendship: trusting without absolute evidence and then being rewarded for that trust.”

Reason Friendship Pleasure Evidence Absolutes No Reason

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“It's a basic truth of the human condition that everybody lies. The only variable is about what. The weird thing about telling someone they're dying is it tends to focus their priorities. You find out what matters to them. What they're willing to die for... What they're willing to lie for.”

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“Like I always say, there's no "I" in "team." There is a "me," though, if you jumble it up.”

Ifs House Team Best House

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“Doing what you love means dealing with things you don't.”

Mean What You Love Love Means Doing What You Love

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“Only two things you ignore: things that aren't important and things you wish weren't important. And wishing never works.”

Two Important Wish Two Things

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“If we were to care about every person suffering on this planet, life would shut down.”

Ifs Persons Care Suffering Planets

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“People choose the paths that grant them the greatest rewards for the least amount of effort.”

People Effort Path Amount Rewards Grants

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Born: July 3, 1959
Known for: Lawyer
Quotes: 17

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