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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La Scala is easily one of the top 10 symbols of Italy's cultural excellence. That makes it vital to our global image. Closing it would send a message to the rest of the world that Italy doesn't care.
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What I had to learn was, that I'm only responsible for my perception of things. The world's not out to get you. That's not the way it works.
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Yeah, I'm the Brit who isn't Lewis Hamilton that woke up and realised he was good. I got that tag because I was young, flying around in jets and driving fast cars. I always took my driving seriously, but I suppose I enjoyed life... But I'm not a playboy.
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Philosophy always buries its undertakers.
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The elite isn't leading anymore. It's trapped.
