David Eagleman Quotes
I'm using the afterlife as a backdrop against which to explore the joys and complexities of being human - it turns out that it's a great lens with which to understand what matters to us.
Quotes to Explore
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I simply can't do one-word message replies: Yes. Ok. No. Sure. Cool. None of these are options for me. I must write something extra. Something personal. I put kisses and emoticons. Emoticons, by the way, are my very best friends. They have removed all the pressure of thinking up something personal to say.
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A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.
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For a lot of pop performers, fame and celebrity is part of the job. But for singer-songwriters, no one really cares.
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Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
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I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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I feel like, as a celebrity, I have a responsibility to tell important stories.
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For the first six months of my stand-up career, I was talking like Danny Dyer. I was doing a lot of 'alright guvnors?' It wasn't true to who I was.
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It was my wish since I was a child to become something, to be able to stand on my own two feet, to do something for myself.
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In all honesty, titles are an embarrassment to me.
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Care for life and physical health, with due regard for the needs of others and the common good, is concomitant with respect for human dignity.
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We should keep on going along the path of globalization. Globalization is good... when trade stops, war comes.
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If you don't vote, you don't count.
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I always ask myself, would I want someone to do something that wasn't comfortable for them just to please me? And the answer is no.
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Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.
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I'd love to do movies and be on TV. But I think if I transitioned into TV/film completely, I would really miss singing and dancing. It would be ideal to be cast in a movie musical!
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I'm trying to work, be diverse and multi-talented.
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Belief is so valuable and living that it infuses with life everything it enters! It transforms the fleeting glimmer of transitory life into eternal life, dispelling the transience in it.
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Women are always beautiful.
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I do more than reflect and respect this country, I fight for it...the question for Canadians is 'Can we win?' Yes, we can win except when we are fighting ourselves.
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The first thing out of Fidel Castro's mouth to me, he looked me right in the eye and said, 'You're a man of great courage.'
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I indeed do respect all people for the positives in their life. Sadly, there comes a time of diminishing returns in the balance. At the end of the day, my respect is reserved for those solidly in the asset column of mankind.
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Everybody gets talked about. Jesus Christ got talked about. It's just what happens. It's just part of it. And if people aren't talking, it's like, who are you? So I really let the people talk.
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I'm using the afterlife as a backdrop against which to explore the joys and complexities of being human - it turns out that it's a great lens with which to understand what matters to us.
