David Gemmell Quotes
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Devotion complete culminates in knowledge supreme.
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Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
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'Cold Case Files' and similar shows do bang up business, which points to a certain thirst for details in the viewership, but it seems like all the news chat shows continue to force the myth that Americans can't stand detail and have no interest in an idea that can't fit on a bumper sticker.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.
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Things that came before, people and things and experiences – that does mean something to me. It doesn't mean I don't embrace the new, but I don't forget the past, either.
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Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.
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I like to escape; I like to write when I go on a walk - I'm kind of very fairy that way. I get inspired by the wind. Or when I daydream, that's when I write.
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Washington has, with some justification, gained a reputation for being hopelessly mired in partisan gridlock.
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Harry Potter to me is a bore. His talent arrives as a gift; he's chosen. Who can identify with that? But Hermione - she's working harder than anyone, she's half outsider, right? Half Muggle. She shouldn't be there at all. It's so unfair that Harry's the star of the books, given how hard she worked to get her powers.
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My life has become a reality show. When I am home, people are climbing trees with cameras. I feel that my personal space is being encroached upon. I will try and protect it as much as I can.
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I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a hobby, I would immediately make money on it or abandon it.
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Say there are three identical-looking pizza joints on a street. Two of those will always be empty. The third will have a line of people patiently waiting, checking their phones. There's always one place that's the place. That's how it works.
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As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.
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I have matured a lot.
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I don't think the people are going to change their opinion on the health care plan because President Obama has now won the Nobel Peace Prize.
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I would do 'John Carter' again tomorrow. I'm very proud of 'John Carter.' Box office doesn't validate me as a person, or as an actor.
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I play golf - badly.
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No man is good for anything who has not some particle of obstinacy to use upon occasion.
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The connection between education and a healthy economy is critical.
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And I say it's not. I tell them these men and women are over there because our country sent them, and we have the absolute necessity to try to bring them as much happiness as we can.
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You never take your fans for granted. You always appreciate them every show, night in, night out.
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I try to take everyone's head off, to tell the truth.
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We sit here safe, within a circle of swords held by other men.
