David Dinkins Quotes
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Chess is mental torture.
Garry Kasparov -
I think polo players are at their best in their 30s. You've got the talent and the experience. You play with your head - you learn to lose and how to win.
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In retrospect, I have devoted my scientific life mainly to the question to what extent infectious agents contribute to human cancer, trusting that this will contribute to novel modes of cancer prevention, diagnosis and, hopefully, later on, also to cancer therapy.
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Quite understandably, people think that if there's a six-year gap or whatever, that it's taken me six years to make the album. It's not really like that at all.
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I really like boats. If you want to go somewhere, you just take your house with you.
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Anyone who has been to India - specifically Rajasthan, the rich and kingly region in the country's northwest - knows that when it comes to adornment, Indians do not think like other people.
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I grew up being scared of the water, which is embarrassing to say as an Australian, but it's true.
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Well, actually, I manage a couple of stock portfolios or funds or whatever you want to call 'em, and I think I've done relatively well with them.
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The most sought-after candidates in the world today by companies like mine are people who make computer software - there's a shortage of talent.
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But there isn't any second half of myself waiting to plug in and make me whole. It's there. I'm already whole.
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Hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.
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Acting's more of a business for me now.
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I will never forget my beautiful days with you in Shanklin, they are certainly the most pleasant ones of my life. Look, I have tears in my eyes just to think about it. I am furious to be here, it is the end of happiness for a whole year.
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I hate being wrong, but I love it when I'm set straight.
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The great thing about Cairo is the vast majority of women wear some kind of head scarf, but they are also very fashion-conscious. They love bright colors.
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I've never had a body issue; I've never had a self-confidence issue, and there's been very few times in my life where I've felt down about the way I look or the way I feel.
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I love TV. I know all the theme songs from the shows I watch. I'm not one of those who'd rather be a movie star. I prefer TV because of the rushed way of working-on a movie set, you sit around and wait and wait to do a scene because they're adjusting the lights.
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Creating sustainable jobs means doubling down on Baltimore's formidable strengths.
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All art is a confession.
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I maintain that the best song is the one that ends up on the album. So whether I’ve written it or I haven’t, I’m very comfortable with both.
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Riches and Art are spurious receipts for the production of Happiness and Beauty.
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Going forward, anything that Richard [Ayoade] asks me to do, I would be so honoured... even if it's sweeping the street because he's such a great person and a great friend.
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My brother used to say that I wrote faster than he could read. He wrote two books - of poems - better than all mine put together.
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There is no point in me worrying about what Bloomberg or Badillo will do.
