Dave Rowntree Quotes
Well, we certainly weren't making a cartoon show for kids. It was a completely different kind of idea.
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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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Reducing carbon emissions is important, but it is shortsighted if not coupled with reducing the toxic emissions from our heart; and that is something spiritual leaders are supposed to teach and something all thinking people, regardless of their beliefs, should practice.
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Let us show our fellow countrymen and the entire world what the Germans can do when they work for peace.
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Everybody with a gun has a checkpoint in Lebanon. And in Lebanon, you'd be crazy not to have a gun. Though, I assure you, all the crazy people have guns, too.
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Yeah, I'd like to get the girl and at least make it through the film.
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I thought that communism, the tyranny of communism, was an abomination and I beseeched God to bring that terrible evil down and he did. It was a great triumph, it took awhile, but it happened.
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I'm entirely self-taught, which I think is both a blessing and a curse.
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Anything that happens in your life was meant to happen. It is your destiny. I was destined to have the life I have now, and I can't have any regrets.
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I just want to try writing for other people 'cause it's quite exciting.
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I would love to work with Matt Damon.
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If you want to join the Republican party, they have to let you in. There's nothing they can do about it. I mean, if Republicans will take Al D'Amato, they'll take anybody.
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Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.
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Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.
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'Helter-Skelter' was the motive for the murders. Manson borrowed that term from a Beatles song on the 'White Album.' In England, helter-skelter is a playground ride. To Manson, helter-skelter meant a war between whites and blacks that the Beatles were in favor of.
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Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.
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At the time, when you're being dissected and judged it's pretty brutal, but in hindsight it's great and - it sounds cliched - you do come out the other side better and stronger.
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For me, soccer was a dance.
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When you're in a place, the details you focus on are different than details you focus on when you're writing about it.
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Prince was unapologetically different, and he made it okay for his fans to be different and to celebrate their individuality. His social conscience challenged us to look deeper than the skin color of our neighbors.
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My post-child period resulted in one instant change: I write shorter books for kids.
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Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned.
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I never quit. The times when I have quit in the past because I couldn't face trying harder have stayed with me, and the guilt is not worth it.
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We are constantly competing with the monsters from the id.
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Well, we certainly weren't making a cartoon show for kids. It was a completely different kind of idea.
