David Copperfield Quotes
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I live in the moment, and I reflect later.
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I think that my parents' divorce gave me a very strong sense of self-reliance and independence. I realised that I needed to make sure I could support myself because you don't know what's going to happen in the future.
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Gandhi's ideas were rooted in a wide experience of a freshly globalized world.
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As every scuba diver knows, panic is your worst enemy: when it hits, your mind starts to thrash and you are likely to do something really stupid and self-destructive.
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I've worked hard over the years, I've been injured and I've worked hard through it, and I've made it.
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Here or henceforward it is all the same to me, I accept Time absolutely.
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Life is a canvas of many strokes where shades from different palettes meet into a picture so concrete that some forget it is their own, so become framed themselves.
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I grew up with a pet iguana named Willy. We had a very contentious relationship. It turns out that iguanas are not meant to live in suburban homes.
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Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.
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If you get something like 'Avatar,' it opens up a lot of big blockbuster doors.
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Since first starting my career, I've grown accustomed to working with actors older than me. I'm always the youngest.
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In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time.
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I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.
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I must be honest here; I don't think there's such a thing as 'unconventional' when it comes to YA. YA readers are the most open-minded in the literary world. They'll read anything.
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I have loved movies as the number one thing in my life so long that I can't ever remember a time when I didn't.
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To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic.
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I'd love to work with Michael Buble, with Tony Bennett, with Damian Marley, with Andrea Bocelli.
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Do send out a newsletter when you have a new book out or are going on tour. Also list relevant event dates and notifications of contests you are running.
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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.
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The Church and the world and women are crying for men, men who are developing their capacity and talents, who are willing to work and make sacrifices, who will help others achieve happiness and salvation.
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My ideal summer day was reading on the porch.
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Free trade is very important if we respect equality among nations.
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What a world of gammon and spinach it is, though, ain't it!
