David Frum Quotes
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My parents came to see me in a play at Eton when I was 16. And then, when I said I wanted to try for drama school, they knew there was enough passion there for them to be brave and back me.
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The difference between Amazon and us is Amazon is more like an empire - everything they control themselves, buy and sell.
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So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll.
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Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.
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I believe in the spirit of equality and the spirit of this country as one of love and compassion and kindness.
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I'm a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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I am mad for nature writing. I want to get inside the head of every creature in the world, even ants.
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I never forgot being poor, and I never stopped thinking how fortunate I am.
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I took a job at a white-shoe NYC law firm, with an office, business cards, and a fat starter paycheck.
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Guys usually know immediately that I'm high-maintenance.
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The biggest thing I learned from losing? Winning's better.
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My protest about the post exchange seating bore some results. More seats were allocated for blacks, but there were still separate sections for blacks and for whites. At least I had made my men realize that something could be accomplished by speaking out, and I hoped they would be less resigned to unjust conditions.
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There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.
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If I read in a paper that somebody has said something about me, I'm going to take it with a pinch of salt; I really am!
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There is this tremendous body of knowledge in the world of academia where extraordinary numbers of incredibly thoughtful people have taken the time to examine on a really profound level the way we live our lives and who we are and where we've been. That brilliant learning sometimes gets trapped in academia and never sees the light of day.
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I don't know about happy endings, because I don't think, eventually, anything is happy. You feel a bout of happiness with good news. Five minutes later, there could be a traffic jam or a phone call from an irritating relative or a weird thought, or it could be a tweet that annoys you, and your emotion will flip immediately.
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That's why teenagers fascinate me – they're like children with drivers' licenses. Like children in that their impulses are so direct.
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The little kids in the stands are going to give you a good cheer. Sometimes, that overrides the other people.
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Money talks, and when it starts to say goodbye, humans listen and act accordingly.
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If Poverty be a Title to Poetry, I am sure nobody can dispute mine. I own myself of the Company of Beggars; and I make one at their Weekly Festivals at St. Giles's. I have a small Yearly Salary for my Catches, and am welcome to a Dinner there whenever I please, which is more than most Poets can say.
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I don't think you should ever say, 'This is the last time'. Music isn't like that. You'll be sitting there not wishing to get onto a stage again for maybe two, three, four, five months, or maybe a year, then suddenly you'll wake up and feel like you've got to do it again. It's in the blood, and I never say never.
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What I've learned from fighting is that the lights in side the cage will tell everything you did or did not do in your camp! Once the doors close there can be no lie or deception and the lights will tell all!
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I was always a bit reluctant with anything like fame and the limelight and it didn't sit very well with me, although I love singing and writing.
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The elite isn't leading anymore. It's trapped.
