Dave Pelzer Quotes
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We're seeing quite a lot of people who really would like a return to class-based politics.
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I would love to explore film seeing as I have prominently been on television. It would be nice to change it up and focus on film a little bit.
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I want to be part of the resurgence of things that are tangible, beautiful and soulful, rather than just give in to the digital age. But when I talk to people about this they just say, 'Yeah, I know what you mean,' and stare at their mobiles.
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I've never walked away from any of my positions. I take pride in them.
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I love being in public places, but I can't stand long, drawn-out music festivals.
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I joke that we're not dissimilar to a rock band in the '70s.
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In the quiet moments, the discoveries are made.
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You hit 41 and you don't burn calories like you used to.
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I want people to remember me as a guy who works hard.
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I got a cable from New York saying that what I'd written about the growth of Soviet agricultural production didn't make sense because the same levels were reached under the czars. I wanted to confirm it, but by then the censors were on to me.
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By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around.
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My college friends call me Karu, which is the worst. Only in our country can we make a short form for a short name. But otherwise, I've never had a pet name all my life. But now, in official meetings, someone will call me KJo. And I'll judge that person in my head. Just call me Karan.
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I look at singing and acting as one career, and I love the chance to do both in the same project. I need to do both. When I'm doing one, I miss the other.
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Apartheid either is or is not. And it must not be.
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I was worried that in London I would be judged for who I know rather than what I do. In New York, I am known for fashion.
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Theocratic and military authorities share one thing: they have no sense of humour.
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Medicaid and the Child Health Insurance Program are the two most important safety net programs for children.
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Human beings are at their core defined by what they worship rather than primarily by what they think, know, or believe. That is bound up with the central Augustinian claim that we are what we love.
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Publishing is a business, and I completely understand it. But when you don't have to depend on writing for your identity or your income, you can do whatever you want.
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The most important thing for me is having a relationship with God. To know that the owner, the creator of the universe loves you, sent His Son to die for your sins; that's very empowering. Knowing Him and knowing that He loves me gives me encouragement and confidence to move forward.
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From our earliest years, American culture reinforces the notion that we are all completely independent individuals. Sometimes we call it “personal responsibility” and other times we call it “rugged individualism,” which, in and of themselves, are not entirely negative concepts. Taken too far however, these cultural concepts lead us to believe we really are the captains of our own ship, that our primary responsibility is to our own selves, and that we can do this all on our own.
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'Legion' was a lot of fun to shoot. It was a real unique apocalypse scenario that takes place in a diner out in the desert. Very much like a drive-in B-movie, but in a good way.
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There's a lot of Dave mania when I speak.
