David Dimbleby Quotes
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Actually, I didn't like Dartmouth very much, but the whole theater scene I really liked.
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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.
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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.
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All we have is our vote. But it's powerful.
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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.
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I really like knowledge and reading books and just generally immersing myself in information.
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The Italians have had two thousand years to fix up the Forum and just look at the place.
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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.'
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I've come to the realization that a lot of our problems are because of a dearth of spiritual values.
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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.
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I don't talk about my personal life in the press; that's how I kept my wedding a secret.
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Hope unbelieved is always considered nonsense. But hope believed is history in the process of being changed.
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I love dessert. I can't be guilty about it because I have to taste everything. I experiment.
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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.
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I've learned stuff, and I've forgotten stuff, but what I do know is that it really is all about the fans.
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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?
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My biggest dream was to get out of Michigan - to discover life beyond the Sacred Heart Convent.
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Every Arab nation votes against us at least two thirds of the time.
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Snowden has demonstrated true love for his country. He has done something to improve the lives of people.
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Morals were restrictive, but they were grounded on human experience.
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[On her Freedom Farm Cooperative:] If you give a hungry man food, he will eat it. [But] if you give him land, he will grow his own food.
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When you're in school, every little mistake is a permanent crack in your windshield. But in the real world, if you're not swerving around and hitting the guard rails every now and then, you're not going fast enough. Your biggest risk isn't failing; it's getting too comfortable.
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When I was building the Vietnam Memorial, I never once asked the veterans what it was like in the war, because from my point of view, you don't pry into other people's business.
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And there's the Victoria Memorial, built as a memorial to Victoria.
