David Almond Quotes
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Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.
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A lot of people try to paint this child actor stigma, but I always looked at it as a great opportunity.
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Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
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I am genuinely into soul, R&B and hip hop - all these genres that get slapped under the 'soul' genre. That spoke to me more than it did to my punk-rock friends. And punk spoke more to me than it did to my soul friends. I basically didn't fit comfortably in either world.
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Indian classical music was born when time barely existed. It developed further within the structures of royal courts and a system of patronage where the ruler or the feudal master determined all.
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Remember that we are all human beings trying to do what we love to do.
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Allowing homosexuality means allowing satanic rights.
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When the British became Christian, Christianity in no way altered their political organisation.
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A man must marry only a very pretty woman in case he should ever want some other man to take her off his hands.
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One has to be fully committed to one's career. Otherwise, there's no point.
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Looking out at the ocean, it's easy to feel small - and to imagine all your troubles, suddenly insignificant, slipping away. Earth's seven oceans seem vast and impenetrable, but a closer look tells another story.
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I don't think I'm generous enough to be the straight guy. I sort of make my own way and make my own statement. Do I mind pushing myself forward? Not at all.
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When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can get ugly.
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For me, it's very offensive when I notice that it's all about my appearance, how I look, that a man doesn't care who I am.
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We need a commander in chief that speaks the truth. We will not defeat radical Islamic terrorism so long as we have a president unwilling to utter the words 'radical Islamic terrorism'.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all, because I'm not smart enough and mostly I don't get it.
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We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race.
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I don't start with a list of historical scenes that I want to include in the book. At a certain point, the narrative totally takes over, and everything that I include I can only incorporate if it answers to the internal terms of the novel.
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My motto is: look your best, feel your best, but most of all, be your best at any age.
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If I've learnt anything over the last six years it's that the most important thing is the strength of our economy. That is how we pay for our NHS, how we build schools, how we provide opportunities for people. And I'm in absolutely no doubt that our economy will be stronger if we stay in and will be weaker and at risk if we leave.
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We're focused on doing the things that make the economy perform well, and as you do that, reduce deficits, for one, very important; secondly, keep growth rates high, very important.
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For me, 'I Am Woman' is all about transition. I turned 21 in December, so I'm not completely grown up yet but I'm not a little girl anymore. Just in that in-between stage. The song is everything I have ever heard a woman say. I loved this song for me and every young lady, girl and woman to be able to feel empowered in being female.
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The sounds and rhythms of words are really important to me.
