David Copperfield Quotes
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I'm an artist; I'm not going to use trigonometry.
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We're seeing quite a lot of people who really would like a return to class-based politics.
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The idea of revenge coming from a 14-year-old girl isn't, you know, exactly right.
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Plus, there were so many pianos in my house, so I couldn't really avoid it.
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I'm a fast writer.
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The minute you step off that podium is the minute you start preparing for the next world championship. That's kind of how I work. You celebrate for a brief moment, then you move on.
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I started 20 years without missing a race and ESPN started broadcasting on the air waves.
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My parents worked in the art world. They were really supportive of my music in that they allowed me to drop out of school and move out of our home, which not many parents would do.
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If a big person invests time in reading, kids learn reading is important, the child is important, words are important, stories are important.
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I originally wanted to be an astronaut when I was a kid. Then I had this huge fear of black holes because my brother learned a bunch of stuff about it, and he's like, 'Oh, yeah, if you go into one you're never coming back.'
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I was always pretty decent at fast stick work or doing stuff that seems impressive that's not really; I was pretty tasteful and had good ideas musically. But I had a terrible sense of tempo, which is like being a blind painter.
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Transitioning to being an unemployed film actor is different, but it's fun and I've been looking forward to it for a while.
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Our responsibility as artists is to challenge ourselves.
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Obviously we had to study Shakespeare at school, but to be honest, I was not a fan. I found the language very difficult, and I didn't enjoy watching it or studying it. I auditioned five times for the Royal Shakespeare Company early on in my career, and I didn't even get past the first rounds.
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I like the fact that in ancient Chinese art the great painters always included a deliberate flaw in their work: human creation is never perfect.
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Ballot formats should be standardized nationally rather than left to the often bad judgment of local officials.
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In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.
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I shall from time to time write a small Clue - so that you may be the more thoroughly confounded.
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I grew up very heavily involved in a United Methodist Youth organization. I grew up going to church camp for years. I ministered, and country music stole me away. It was just where my heart wound up. It's what I wanted to do.
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When a draco has eaten much fruit, it seeks the juice of the bitter lettuce; it has been seen to do this.
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Writing can be a tough gig. Whenever you do something in which you put yourself out there - if that becomes the focus of your life, you miss the point of living. You've really got to get the grounding of family and the things that are important in your life and make that your focus.
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Both TV and movies seem to be produced in a more similar way as time goes on. It used to be that movies were much bigger productions on every level and took much longer to shoot. I liked that. But with the advent of digital, everything can be done much quicker and cheaper, and that seems to be the goal of most movies and TV these days.
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For me to grow, I have to know about the foundation that came before.
