David Gemmell Quotes
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I wanted to be Katharine Hepburn-ish – there was a bit of nobility about her.
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It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their highest perfection.
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'Showboat' is the quintessential family show.
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It is important to stress: Africa is also a victim of the September 11 attacks.
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I love singing. I love singing at home.
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I just really want to do good work and work with some great people, people who challenge me.
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If I have a feeling of not trusting, I don't get too close.
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I think the music comes first, then comes the fashion, and thus, the lifestyle. I believe it starts with music, and then the person delivering it delivers the lifestyle, the fashion. Madonna is a great example of that.
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People ask me whether I see 'Star Wars' as a comedy or a tragedy, but it's really neither - it's partly a history, like 'Henry V,' and partly a fantasy, like 'The Tempest.'
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It's funny because ever since 'American Idol,' people look at me without makeup and think I'm 15 years old - they think I'm really young and quiet and shy, and that I've never been in a relationship and have never been in love or anything.
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Fat Joe ain't out here trying to battle-rap everybody in the world. That's not what I'm about.
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You must not take out your sword because if you try to kill someone, you must die for it yourself. What you must do instead is kill yourself, kill your own mind.
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Humans are good, she knew, at discerning subtle patterns that are really there, but equally so at imagining them when they are altogether absent.
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My boss treated me like a slave and I felt completely degraded. Then, just once, I did a terrible thing - I peed in his tea! Watching him drink it, my grudges completely dissolved - I never minded making tea for him again.
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I think those neighborhood signs that say 'slow children playing' are so very mean.
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Litmus test: If you can't describe Ricardo's Law of Comparative Advantage and explain why people find it counterintuitive, you don't know enough about economics to direct any criticism or praise at 'capitalism' because you don't know what other people are referring to when they use that word.
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To enjoy-to love a thing for its own sake and for no other reason.
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I'm a strong fellow.
