David Dimbleby Quotes

And there's the Victoria Memorial, built as a memorial to Victoria.

David Dimbleby

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• Actually, I didn't like Dartmouth very much, but the whole theater scene I really liked.

  

  Rachel Dratch
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• When I'm a bit sad, I often go for a drive in the country, quite fast with my music up.

  

  Calvin Harris
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• Ending educational inequality is going to require systemic change and a long-term, sustained effort. There are no shortcuts and no silver bullets.

  

  Wendy Kopp
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• All we have is our vote. But it's powerful.

  

  Adam McKay
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• It costs more money to put a person on death row than it does to lock them up for the rest of their lives because of attorney fees.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • Up
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• I really like knowledge and reading books and just generally immersing myself in information.

  

  Adam D'Angelo
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• The Italians have had two thousand years to fix up the Forum and just look at the place.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
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• Samuel smiled at me. 'Freedom and fairness are very important to you, aren't they?' I nodded, and frowned. 'They're important to everybody.' He laughed. 'Oh, no, Anita, you would be amazed at the number of people who try to give away their freedom at every opportunity. They much prefer that someone else make their decisions.'

  

  Laurell K. Hamilton
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• I've come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.

  

  Benjamin Spock
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• Movies alone have the hideous capacity to do everything for you. So in directing movies, you have to figure how to leave things out - because when you leave things out, you evoke the imaginative participation of the audience.

  

  Alison Owen
  • Alone

• I don't talk about my personal life in the press; that's how I kept my wedding a secret.

  

  Kerry Washington
  • Life
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• Hope unbelieved is always considered nonsense. But hope believed is history in the process of being changed.

  

  Jim Wallis
  • History
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• I love dessert. I can't be guilty about it because I have to taste everything. I experiment.

  

  Martha Stewart
  • Guilty

• I've worked hard, for sure, but like anything, it takes a lot of luck and being in the right place at the right time, and then making the most of the opportunity.

  

  Dave Filoni
  • Time
  • Opportunity
  • Luck

• I've learned stuff, and I've forgotten stuff, but what I do know is that it really is all about the fans.

  

  Paolo Nutini

• At 16, 17, you have no fear. You don't think or analyze. You just play on automatic. You can get smarter as you get older, but in sports you can be too smart, you know?

  

  Anna Kournikova
  • Fear
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• My biggest dream was to get out of Michigan - to discover life beyond the Sacred Heart Convent.

  

  Elaine Stritch
  • Life
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• Every Arab nation votes against us at least two thirds of the time.

  

  Paul Weyrich
  • Time

• I'm no wizard, and I don't like being thought of in that light at all. I think of a wizard as being some sort of magician or something, doing something on the sly or something, and I don't want to be thought of in that way.

  

  John Wooden
  • Light

• The only thing I've ever told myself is I would never do this just to have a job. If I lost my competitiveness . . . then I wouldn't insult the game by (sticking around). But I enjoy being around the kids. I'm having a good time right now.

  

  Norm Parker
  • Job
  • Game
  • Competitiveness

• Before ever meeting Priyanka Chopra, I had heard her name coming out of Bollywood and was impressed: she was beautiful, talented, had made nearly 50 movies, earned multiple awards - a massive star.

  

  Dwayne Johnson
  • She
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  • Star

• My dad always used to tell me that if they challenge you to an after-school fight, tell them you won't wait-you can kick their ass right now.

  

  Cameron Diaz
  • School
  • Me
  • Dad

• Nelson, about Harry 'I saw him, eventually,' Nelson says, 'as a loser, who never found his niche and floated along on Mom's money, which was money her father made. ... But being a loser wasn't the way my father saw himself. He saw himself as a winner, and until I was twelve or so I saw him the same way.'

  

  John Updike
  • Money
  • Father
  • Mom

• And there's the Victoria Memorial, built as a memorial to Victoria.

  

  David Dimbleby
  • Memorial