David Deida Quotes
We must see that we are afraid of the thing we most desire, and so we live a mediocre life, never bringing to consummation the primary impulse of our heart.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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There's so many confusing messages that you're being sent about being pretty but not too pretty, smart but not too smart, ambitious but in a way that makes people comfortable. It's very hard to navigate.
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I've always been a history lover. I've spent a lot of recreational time walking around historical castles and estates, in Britain and Europe, and so I know what the real thing looks like.
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I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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That's really my goal now. I'm trying to be a positive role model to my kids and to just enjoy this ride, because it's hard. It's hard to enjoy it when you're in it.
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The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
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But freedom, liberty, is an attribute of the soul and it may exist even when the body is in bondage.
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I love old movies. The '40s theatre pace is fantastic.
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I think Ali was a fan of mine, even though he never said it. A lot of fighters thought I was pretty good. Nobody every really spoke different on that. But a lot of fighters thought I was good so.
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Musical theater is one of my passions.
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Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.
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More than 820 million people in the world suffer from hunger; and 790 million of them live in the Third World.
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I'm the best Twitterer.
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For some reason, I spent my early thirties reading as much postwar Hungarian fiction as I could get my hands on.
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In the Senate, you can become one of the nation's leading voices on the issues.
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MacUser: If you could change one thing, what would it be? Jef Raskin: To not have people assume you can rank every-thing one dimensionally. Or have everybody realise that killing people is not a way to solve problems.
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I'm just kind of focused on playing the game and try to get better at certain things and wipe the slate clean every night.
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They that are virtuous from principle may receive confidence in every capacity; but they that are so from custom or habit, are capable of trust only in matters of ordinary and settled occurrence.
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The origin of every sin of the heart is love of this world.
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Life is short and art is long.
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We must see that we are afraid of the thing we most desire, and so we live a mediocre life, never bringing to consummation the primary impulse of our heart.
