David Farr Quotes
You can't cast Hittites as Trojans; I'd love to do it, but sadly, there are none available!
Quotes to Explore
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At the beginning of all experimental work stands the choice of the appropriate technique of investigation.
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If I could distil the relevance of Bruce Springsteen's music to Australia it would be this: don't let what has happened to the American economy happen here. Don't let Australia become a down-under version of New Jersey, where the people and the communities whose skills are no longer in demand get thrown on the scrap heap of life.
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Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating!
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My marriage to my husband, Bart Conner in 1996 is my proudest personal moment.
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I respond very well to well-written material and women who have had an effect on society, something tragic or monumental has happened to them.
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There are grander and more sublime landscapes - to me. There are more compelling cultures. But what appeals to me about central Montana is that the combination of landscape and lifestyle is the most compelling I've seen on this earth. Small mountain ranges and open prairie, and different weather, different light, all within a 360-degree view.
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Always, in every human action, there are leaders.
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I fell even more deeply in love with Tolkien's legendarium after studying Old English literature at uni, as I got a sense of the historical events and cultures that Tolkien used to create his world. My favourite of his imaginary locations is Lothlorien.
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Communications devices were always used to effect change, to effect revolution. Telephone, telegraph - these all seemed like very big enhancements at the time.
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I haven't written about an immigrant experience because I haven't experienced that before and am focused on existential themes.
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The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
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At one point in my life, I was very involved with social causes. I'm still involved, but now I have a family and it's important to me.
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I've got Colin Firth's number in my phone!
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To end the pervasive culture of sexual harassment, it can no longer be the norm that men look the other way. It only ends when men actively participate in ending it.
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I'd rather be involved and somebody say, 'Hey, coach, here's what I need you to do. Go down to the D-League and work with guys'... I want the D-League coach to learn how to be a head coach.
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The oceans have been a part of my life for as long as I remember. As a child, I spent hours playing in the surf off Cape Cod. In college, I fished along the rocky coast of Nova Scotia with my school's fishing team.
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I may be crazy, but it keeps me from going insane.
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Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.
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My father was a professor of folklore, and my mother was a teacher until she was married. I had a good relationship with them, and the only argument we had was when I went to university and wanted to go into the theater instead of studying to be a lawyer.
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I love my brother. I miss my brother.
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And hey-the psychiatrist in the show is Italian also. So people are going to focus on what they want to focus on. There's not much you can do about that.
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I am truly honoured to become ambassadress for Yves Saint Laurent. The brand's modern vision of beauty is very inspiring, and I am particularly proud to represent such an audacious archetype of woman.
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If we go somewhere on foot, we know the way perfectly, whereas if we go by car or airplane, we are hardly there at all. It becomes merely a dream.
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You can't cast Hittites as Trojans; I'd love to do it, but sadly, there are none available!
