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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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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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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It used to be that you needed a $500-million-a-year company in order to reach a worldwide audience of consumers. Now, all you need is a Steam account. That changes a whole bunch of stuff. It's kind of a boring 'gee, information processing changes a stuff' story, but it's going to have an impact on every single company.
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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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It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most.
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A knowledgeable and courageous U.S. president could help enormously in leading the world's nations toward saving the climate.
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What is honor compared to a woman’s love? And what is duty against the feel of a newborn son in your arms? Or a brother’s smile?
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If a novel reveals true and vivid relationships, it is a moral work, no matter what the relationships consist in. If the novelisthonours the relationship in itself, it will be a great novel.
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I love being in touch with my readers and fellow writers! It's just amazing to have such access to people.
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What a world of gammon and spinach it is, though, ain't it!
