David Copperfield Quotes
I try to help people realize their dreams by using magic to tell stories that educate, move, and inspire.
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I'm not a control freak.
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Generally a chef's book is like a calling card or a portfolio to display their personal work.
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I grew up playing basketball and baseball. I've always been active because my dad played professional football, so sports and working out have always been a part of my life.
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Our planet's lands and oceans are already stretched to meet the demands of 7 billion people. The human population continues to grow. The search for sustainable solutions is an economic and a moral imperative if we are to create the future we want.
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You know, I've sold a lot of bad movies in my time.
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Life is not always easy to live, but the opportunity to do so is a blessing beyond comprehension. In the process of living, we will face struggles, many of which will cause us to suffer and to experience pain.
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The more of what our music does violates the premise of its format that it's presented in, the better. So, hearing our music in the supermarket, a Muzak version, is great.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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I'm in the music business for one purpose - to make money.
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I'm totally fine with people criticizing me in shows... people like this show, or don't; you're entitled to your opinion. But when people are criticizing you as a person, I have to say it's a little bit different.
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As anyone who has covered the company for any length of time knows, Yahoo's record on major decision-making has been akin to a hippie commune - a lot of wrangling internally in a culture where everyone seems to have a voice and a reticence to push the button to launch.
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In my life, there have always been people who guided my path, towards the school, towards this company. I didn't know about any of it. I didn't have a plan. It's good fortune and generosity from other people that have given me all I have today.
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A film set is the most comfortable place I could be in the world; that's what I know.
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I always felt that anorexia was the form of breakdown most readily available to adolescent girls.
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I feel things in quite an intense way. I'm not actually the most intense person.
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It's never easy to adapt a book, especially as the author, because it's as if you're chopping off appendages. It really feels painful to decide what has to go.
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'Green' cannot be allowed to become an excuse for stealth taxes. And nor should 'green taxes' be about punishment. Instead, they should represent a switch of emphasis. So if domestic flights are taxed, it should be on the absolute condition that the money is ploughed into improving the alternatives, such as trains.
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That was my dream, to compete against the best surfers in the best waves. But as a kid, it all seemed so unattainable. It was this big dream, but deep down I never thought it could really happen. But my parents always believed I could do it, and they helped me get through all the stages and take all the right steps.
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Thou shalt not give birth reluctantly.
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I will become a firefly and even in the day my glow will be seen in spite of the sun. Let others be as butterflies who preen their wings and yet depend upon the charity of a flower for life. I will be as the firefly and my light will brighten the world.
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It turns out a lot of people don’t get it. Wikipedia is like rock’n’roll; it’s a cultural shift.
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You are in an area where knowledge fails. Where you have to advance in ignorance, not even knowing where you are going.
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I try to help people realize their dreams by using magic to tell stories that educate, move, and inspire.
