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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His eyes were rolling in their sockets, and his face had taken on the colour and expression of a devout tomato. I could see he loved like a thousand bricks.
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I am used to being on tours with people who are fantastic performers and I respect them and I love their music. But the bottom line is they got the vision for what we are trying to do.
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Do I think well of myself, think myself a nice chap? WEll, I am afraid I sometimes do (and those are, no doubt, my worst moments).
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Hopefully, 21 years later, Judge Roberts possesses an openness with respect to issues of gender-based wage discrimination.
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I'd love to do situation comedy - it's the best job in show business.
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The sounds and rhythms of words are really important to me.
