David Gemmell Quotes
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I've always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.
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Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
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When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness.
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Relationships, like cars, should undergo regular services to make sure they are still roadworthy.
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I got into politics because I was tired of complaining.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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Dreams are not without meaning wherever thay may come from-from fantasy, from the elements, or from other inspiration.
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All my friends are like, 'Can you be on my side in the zombie apocalypse?' and I'm like, 'I got this.'
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I hear a lot of bad TV commercials that try to sound like Where It's At. That pretty much turned me off from using the electric piano for a lot of years.
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I'm constantly complimented for my voice, even by random people at the airport!
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I love young men, lots of them, your ancient masculine double standard.
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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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America always pivots between collective responsibility and the idea that the individual can pull himself up by his bootstraps.
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When you are writing a book, it feels as if you are simply concentrating on the world of the book and that whatever is happening in your personal life is outside the room, as it were. But maybe that's just the way you have to talk to yourself to make it possible.
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Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them.
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Ultimately, you have to pursue your own path, not someone's idea of the right path. You need to stay on your path.
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Age, like distance lends a double charm.
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One said of suicide, As long as one has brains one should not blow them out. And another answered, But when one has ceased to have them, too often one cannot.
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People look at me weird because I'm a Howard Stern fan, but he's very misunderstood. It's the first thing I do when I get in my car at a tournament - just pray that I get Howard 100 on Sirius or XM.
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Traditionally, duos get accused of lots of things.
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I certainly don't think you need to be famous to want to leave a legacy, but when you are famous, it's even more likely that your child will get the wrong perspective on your life if you die prematurely.
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My wife and I were worried, when we had our firstborn, about how he was going to think of himself in a mostly white neighborhood. Particularly Asian men, I feel, we suffer more than Asian women, because we're told we're not worth anything in general.
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There are also many things my wife can't stand about me, and there are certain capacities that she has that are different than mine. The trick is to find compatibilities.
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A man with wife and daughters has no place losing his temper.
