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 most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems!
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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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You have to stop living in order to write.
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... People don't live in the greater scheme of things, they live in the here and now.
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At NIH, what tends to happen is that the proven researchers tend to get the money. New researchers, younger researchers, or people on the cutting edge don't get the money until they have gray beards.
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I have seen the future, and it is much like the present, only longer.
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The writing partnership is a good collaboration for the same reason the marriage works, which is two people who can stand alone choosing to stand together.
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Sometimes when you're with the same old people, you get the same old thing.
