Mac Davis Quotes
I'm sure that Elvis was happy for me. I think he was the kind of guy that enjoyed other people's success, especially if he had something to do with it.
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If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.
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Animals keep you company when you're really lonely. It helps because when you have a friend around who always likes you no matter what - it's harder to feel bad or down.
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I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
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It wasn't always easy getting up at 5 o'clock in the morning to go to the rink. Sometimes I wanted to just go back to sleep.
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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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The essence of architecture is form and space, and light is the essential element to the key to architectural design, probably more important than anything. Technology and materials are secondary.
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When I was 23, I founded an organization called Dress for Success, which is now in more than 100 cities in 8 countries and has helped a million women transition from welfare to work.
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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When my husband is away and I'm by myself, my neighbours will insist I eat with them every single night because they see it as unhealthy to eat by yourself.
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Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.
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The mass of workers, as yet non-Socialist, is retarded in its development towards Socialism.
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Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?
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We sat around and I fed them barbecue and whiskey. And pretty soon everyone started to compete with each other on the guitars. It seemed the more everyone drank and ate, the more everyone got into it.
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British girls are really funny, so I definitely think we'd get along.
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When I was a kid, I wanted desperately to be a jazz musician. I would practice the trumpet for hours, but when I got braces, that messed up my ability to play, so all of a sudden I had all this free time.
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The simple things in life make me very happy.
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When you're a woman with a certain amount of fame and money, you are never certain what someone's motives are.
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As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New York Times. Inevitably there would be one actor singled out for a better review, or worse, than somebody else. The effect of that was cancerous, divisive.
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My agent will say, 'Well, it's another graphic novel.' I don't care. It's better writing than anything else that's out there. The characters are much better.
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Soccer is like punk rock: The product is not necessarily terrible. The problem is the fan base.
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Most of the people who act and sing do so for their own pleasure and that of their friends and family.
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If I had to say what my one greatest achievement is, it's that I lasted, and I'm still happy. I hope that comes through.
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I'm sure that Elvis was happy for me. I think he was the kind of guy that enjoyed other people's success, especially if he had something to do with it.
