David Douglas Duncan Quotes
Gandhi was a strange guy. There was this simplistic manner; but nobody knows what it cost to provide the simple life of Mohandas Gandhi. Nobody. He traveled on a train by himself.
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Once Dwight Eisenhower makes up his mind, he's full of indecision.
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The library world is set up on this model where the library is a physical building and has a number of books and serves a geographical community.
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When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
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I think the attraction to Israeli women stems from the fact that we're exotic and the fact that there are many talented and beautiful women in Israel. I think that there is also greater awareness of Israel than before in the movie industry.
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I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and don't let anyone tell you you can't. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.
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I'm tempted by everything. My husband makes fun of me because every day it's a new food that I love. I have a weakness for butterscotch pudding, ice cream in any flavor and dark chocolate, although that's one thing I do keep in my house - 70% dark chocolate.
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I love Dr. Hauschka's blue mascara. It's not so blue that it's like, 'What's wrong with you?' It's more like a secret that you're wearing it.
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I played ping-pong with Prince. That's pretty surreal. He gave me a lesson before we played; like, he's great. He's a master at it, so I took the free lesson.
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To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation.
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I'm a sponge when it comes to stories. I'd say everything influences me in some way, but for 'Red Queen' in particular, I was really affected by the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series by George R. R. Martin.
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I don't think I ever really knew the right words to 'Hava Nagilah,' which isn't great for a Jewish singer.
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I hope I did it the way my peers did it before me. I didn't do anything but try to play hard.
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I always had a fascination with twins.
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The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.
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How do we live the writer's life? There's only one simple answer: 'we write.'
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I always have been an activist for things that were just authentically a part of my life, that I felt connected to.
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My English is closer to the literary English, and I'm not very familiar with jokes in English or with, you know, with small talk in English.
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Action movies today are going to so fast, you can't say you're going to do everything faster and faster.
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All of us have a lot of physical tics that we don't realize that we're doing subconsciously.
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Anyone who thinks science is trying to make human life easier or more pleasant is utterly mistaken.
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Calling it off comes easy enough if you haven't told the girl you are smitten with her.
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Many people with dyslexia truly suffer, and their lives are worse off for having had that disability.
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Gandhi was a strange guy. There was this simplistic manner; but nobody knows what it cost to provide the simple life of Mohandas Gandhi. Nobody. He traveled on a train by himself.
