David Farr Quotes
'Fall Of A City' aims to convey, in all its emotional richness, the effects of war and the toll taken on city and family by the horrors of siege.
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If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.
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The road to democracy is rarely smooth, but for Egyptian women, it has been exceptionally bumpy.
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I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
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The clash of civilizations or the clash between Islam and the West may be cliches. But there is an even bigger cliche around: that this clash actually goes on within Islam, between reformists and fanatics.
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Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be.
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I don't think I'd want a revival. I'm not doing a tribute to myself.
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I thought I had to write literature and add my name to the list of great Southern storytellers. Fortunately for me, no one wanted to read any of those stories. They got rejected by everyone. Sometimes, I would get a note saying they liked the writing, but the story simply didn't work.
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I don't think a lot of actors talk about it, but there's usually a process where you essentially purge yourself of the character that you played prior to the movie.
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Disinterring famous people has become a kind of sport in the Hispanic world. Before Cervantes, it happened to Evita, Che Guevara, Federico Garcia Lorca, and Pablo Neruda.
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I'm working on my new album right now. Hopefully to get that out at the top of 2005, January 2005.
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War is over if you want it.
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The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.
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I had my group of friends, you know, like my real group of friends, and then I had, like, party friends.
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Professionally, I really respect Natalie Portman – her career choices, actually going for stuff with substance.
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It's a touchy subject, but as a Southerner, you can't ignore our history any more than a Renaissance painter can ignore the Virgin Mary. And it's impossible to drive down a road or eat a vegetable or pass a church without being reminded of slavery.
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The best, most successful managers in the modern era are those who can keep a player happy even if he is not in the team. Given the size of the squads and the use of rotation nowadays, that's tougher than it's ever been.
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I think it's really important to be conscious of yourself and the world around you. For me, that meant reading a lot and reporting.
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If I manage to leave my bedroom and get to the gym, that makes me feel good about myself! For me, the most difficult part is getting out of bed, but once I'm out, I really enjoy playing sports.
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Americans have a penchant for the future and tend to disregard the past.
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lf l am not mistaken, the words 'art' and 'artist' did not exist during the Renaissance and before: there were simply architects, sculptors, and painters, practicing a trade.
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Only damaged people want good things to happen to them through visualization. They want something for nothing.
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Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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'Fall Of A City' aims to convey, in all its emotional richness, the effects of war and the toll taken on city and family by the horrors of siege.
