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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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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To read too many books is harmful.
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True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories.
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I mean, look how many musicians have come through and played beside me, and I'm workin' and they're not.
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For me, the most important thing is running a good clubhouse. The X's and the O's – you sit up in the stands and, for the most part, a lot of fans go to the game and they know what's going to happen. You're going to hit and run, steal, put a pitcher in, take a pitcher out.
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People go into science out of curiosity, not to win awards. But scientists are human and have ambitions.
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I'm convinced my mother only had sex eight times.
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The sounds and rhythms of words are really important to me.
