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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Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it.
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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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Democracy rests upon two pillars: one, the principle that all men are equally entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; and the other, the conviction that such equal opportunity will most advance civilization.
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There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.
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One look at an email can rob you of 15 minutes of focus. One call on your cell phone, one tweet, one instant message can destroy your schedule, forcing you to move meetings, or blow off really important things, like love, and friendship.
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In truth, my husband and I were persons of “quite different construction, different bent, completely dissimilar views.” But we always remained ourselves, in no way echoing nor currying favor with one another, neither of us trying to meddle with the other’s soul, neither I with his psyche nor he with mine. And in this way my good husband and I, both of us, felt ourselves free in spirit.
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You can't cast Hittites as Trojans; I'd love to do it, but sadly, there are none available!
