David Copperfield Quotes
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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I've been to a few conventions, you know, when the tax man knocks at the door and the 'Star Wars' convention people say: 'Do you want to come and sign some autographs?'
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Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not a lot of them, and I have a talent for doing it. I am zeroing in on what I do best.
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A couple of flop plays, a death in the family, and it could all collapse.
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The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
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Sometimes I hope that through osmosis I might get a workout - just by wearing the clothes.
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Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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The first time I heard Adam Feeney and Chester Stone Hansen's 'Vibez,' it was used in Drake's '0-100' as a sample.
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I'd love to make a thriller.
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Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
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I think of myself as a performance artist. I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
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Open-source encyclopedias such as Wikipedia and search engines such as Google and Bing, which people can tap into anytime and anywhere via computers and smart phones, put a world of knowledge at our fingertips at a lower cost than ever before.
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I've always been a very prolific writer.
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People seem to need a likable protagonist more than ever.
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We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds, space has a reality outside our minds, so that we cannot completely prescribe its properties a priori.
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Prefer punishment to disgraceful gain; for the one is painful but once, but the other for one's whole life.
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I am satisfied it has strengthened my hand tremendously. Nobody but a fool would disregard the kind of result we witnessed today.
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My parents don't press it but, you know, they're into good grades.
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In my experience, there are plenty of bad middle-class parents: those who put their own lives and careers before those of their children and make precious little time available for their offspring, preferring instead to hire in childcare and shower them with the latest and most expensive gadgets.
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My dad was an actor, and he made it all seem quite magical. It felt like a slightly subversive thing, telling stories, when all of my other friends' parents were builders or bank clerks. It's always seemed quite magical to me.
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I was an only child. We were so poor, my parents and I had the same room.
