David Copperfield Quotes
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Because, if it was so long ago, how could the people about him have made that mistake of putting some of the trouble out of his head, after it was taken off, into mine?
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I am well aware that I am the umblest person going... My mother is likewise a very umble person. We live in a numble abode, Master Copperfield, but have much to be thankful for.
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'Never,' said my aunt, 'be mean in anything; never be false; never be cruel. Avoid those three vices, Trot, and I can always be hopeful of you.'
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No, I think marriage is a great thing.
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'David,' said Mr. Murdstone, 'to the young this is a world for action; not for moping and droning in.'
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Marriage is like a formality for me.
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If I was gay, why would I hide it?
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Let sleeping dogs lie - who wants to rouse 'em?
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For my father, being kind was natural... I have to really work at it. I love competing and winning, conquest - not words you usually associate with kindness.
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In magic, it takes two or three years for me to create a 5-minute illusion for me to get it to the level I want.
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A man must take the fat with the lean.
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I'm really trying hard not to do anything that has been done before. So knowing everything I can about the legacy of magic challenges my team and I to invent new illusions.
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It's okay for me to be gay, but God didn't make me that way.
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Trifles make the sum of life.
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What a world of gammon and spinach it is, though, ain't it!
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I never could have done what I have done, without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one object at a time.
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I act like I'm 14, if you haven't figured that out yet.
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But Vegas is really my first home.
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I never will desert Mr. Micawber.
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Britannia, that unfortunate female, is always before me, like a trussed fowl: skewered through and through with office-pens, and bound hand and foot with red tape.
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I try to help people realize their dreams by using magic to tell stories that educate, move, and inspire.
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Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.
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You can feel better about yourself in a very short period of time depending on the kind of magic that you are doing.
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I need a form of escape even when I'm working really hard.