David Gemmell Quotes
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No civilisation can claim to have a monopoly on universal values and no one can claim to be always faithful to his own values.
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I learned not to depend on other people. I needed support, but it's you who has to go out and deliver.
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We're going to test with the same car, but we have a new car ready.
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The single most important thing we can do to protect our communities from climate change is to reduce dangerous carbon pollution.
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As a boy, I had an uncle, T. G. Bond, who lived near Moreton Hampstead and who was passionately devoted to Dartmoor. He inspired me with the same love.
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We need to have women in more powerful positions that are making decisions, so when that 10-year-old girl is looking up and wondering, 'What can I do and what do I want to be when I get older?' She has the opportunity to do and be whatever she wants.
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When you have to work, work with a smile.
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I was so self-critical. I still am, but it's not as bad anymore.
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New York felt to me like what America should be - a representation of the world in this small pocket.
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I like to eat right and in moderation, but give myself treats and kind of have everything.
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Bahrain 's margin of freedom is growing day after day as we head into the future with steady steps.
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I just had a normal African childhood; we played football a lot, but it was always in the street and always without shoes. Boots were very expensive, and when there are seven in your family, and you say you want to buy a pair, your father wants to kill you.
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Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.
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The effect of depleted uranium, used by America in the Gulf War, is never referred to.
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When I was younger, me and my brother got a video camera, and he used to direct and I used to act. We used to make these silly, stupid short films, which, looking back now, were probably horrible.
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As a filmmaker, my approach is to come in not with preconceived notions, but with curiosity, and in that way, whether my subjects are James Carville or Anna Wintour or Dick Cheney, I am always surprised.
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While Mayor Daley surprised me today with his decision to not run for reelection, I have never been surprised by his leadership, dedication and tireless work on behalf of the city and the people of Chicago.
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This movie is about the fact that personal repression gives rise to larger political oppression.… That when we're afraid of certain things in ourselves or we're afraid of change, we project those fears on to other things, and a lot of very ugly social situations can develop.
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That's not to say that some day I won't go outside again, but I'm having a great time working on this process.
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I've enjoyed every minute of travelling and playing for my country. What an honour that is.
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All science is based on models, and every scientific model comprises three distinct stages: statement of well-defined hypotheses; deduction of all the consequences of these hypotheses, and nothing but these consequences; confrontation of these consequences with observed data.
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There must be much more going on behind the scenes. The pivotal question is this: What is behind the deep-seated hatred that these atheists nurse against religion and against God? Let's face it, there is only one force that hates God's creation more than anything else - and that is Satan. Satan knows that God exists but wants no part of Him. It is Satan's ultimate goal to demolish all Christian elements in society and to damage the human image that was made in God's image. Could Satan be the real instigator of this aggressive form of atheism?
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I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments.
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A man must know his limitations.
