David Gemmell Quotes
'A methodical people,' pulsed the voice of Kesa Khan. 'They call themselves civilized because they can build tall castles and pitch their tents with geometric precision, but from here you can see the reality. Ants build in the same way. Are they civilized?'
Quotes to Explore
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Ancient Egyptians went to great lengths to avoid change; they couldn't entirely do so, of course, but did preserve a cultural continuity for almost four thousand years.
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
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I walk around talking to myself in accents. Usually people look at me like I'm a complete fruit loop.
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When I was in the private sector, I found it immensely useful to go out and talk to customers and co-workers.
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Sometimes I play cricket, and I play badminton.
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'SVU' is one of my favorite shows. When I got the call to appear and play myself, I jumped at the chance. Obviously, I went over my lines, but playing yourself is a really great way to get your feet wet in the acting field. I enjoyed being on set and learning as much as I could about the scripted world.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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Christ imparts the capacity of conquest to our lives every single day that we are willing to believe Him.
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We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida.
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If the colonists hadn't rejected British militarism and the massive financial burden of maintaining the British military, America wouldn't exist.
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But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
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Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.
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Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies.
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If the plane moves, some turbulence, I am nervous flyer.
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I'm not a Democrat.
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A lot of people think that to make it as a model you just need to be pretty and slim, but they're wrong. There's a lot of hard work involved. You have to be very focused, know what kind of work you're aiming for.
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As long as the number one worry for people, keeping them up at nights, is whether they're going to have a job in the morning, then they are less likely to resist unfair changes, or unfair treatment, or cuts in real pay at work.
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Animal vision - including human vision - is so biased toward movement that we don't technically see stationary objects at all.
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I saw the president make the tough calls in the Situation Room - and today, our troops in Iraq have finally come home so America can do some nation building here at home. That was the change that we believed in. That was the change we fought for. That was the change President Obama delivered.
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If you work for the federal government, the average salary is $7,000 higher than the private sector. Something's wrong with that, when you're making more money working for the government than you can working in the private sector.
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The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in March 2011 was an immense tragedy that sparked a global response. The international community came forward with aid to the victims and came together to address the broader concerns about nuclear security and safety.
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I just think, you know, when we talk about a politician, I think a person has to be themselves. Let the voters see the real you.
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'A methodical people,' pulsed the voice of Kesa Khan. 'They call themselves civilized because they can build tall castles and pitch their tents with geometric precision, but from here you can see the reality. Ants build in the same way. Are they civilized?'
