Dave Davies Quotes
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There's a long tradition of black folks pleading with white people. It's a tradition that emerges from political necessity, so I get it; I'm just not very interested in it.
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I was quite nervous about meeting William's father, but he was very, very welcoming, very friendly, it couldn't have gone easier really for me.
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I think what 'The Monster' means to me is I find it really hard - like a lot of other people in the world - to really be OK in my own skin. It was a message to myself saying, 'It's OK that you're not perfect.' I'm gonna learn to love myself and accept myself, even though I'm a little crazy.
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In Australia, they really want to turn me into a religion. A religion! Can you imagine? The Church of Edna? Oh. I don't want to be over-revered.
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Mucinex were like, 'Would you like to be the Mucinex man? You sound like you're sick right now'. In each spot, they give me a little bit of room to do something strange. And in a world of fractured mediums, where there is no zeitgeist, and you get your comedy from your phone, it's all content.
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I got to write most of everything I said.
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The problem with rich lists is... it is impossible to know what someone is worth until they have died and you have sold it.
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Any time there's a scandal, we always try and get involved.
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Game-playing is more fun when it's virtual because you're more successful. ... in reality, only one person gets to be LeBron.
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I am hopeful that no one will forget what happened in Bosnia.
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I have the necessary lack of tact.
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It's actually harder to write a fun song.
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I'm probably proudest of being able to lift a lot of us out of the 'hood. That's the biggest thing, that I've been able to employ a lot of people and give them opportunities.
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It is amazing that it is my destiny to be the first Aussie to win the Masters.
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I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home.
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Um, well, I made a new CD called 'Dream With Me' and it's out now, and I'm really excited about it.
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A man notices a woman's figure when she walks in a room. Women have eight million words for blue; a man says dark blue or light blue.
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A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.
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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.
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I am angry about the world's conditions for black people.
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I can't help slightly falling in love with every character I write about. And I quite like writing about people who are vilified.
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It's unthinkable not to love - you'd have a severe nervous breakdown. Or you'd have to be Philip Larkin.
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Sometimes when you're with the same old people, you get the same old thing.
