David Gilmour Quotes
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I was certainly a better actor after my five years in Hollywood. I had learned to be natural - never to exaggerate. I found I could act on the stage in just the same way as I had acted in a studio: using my ordinary voice, eliminating gestures, keeping everything extremely simple.
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Understanding that being nervous, having doubts and lacking confidence are emotions that are human is how you deal with it. It is okay to feel that way... and then understanding that you can work through it.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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Life is like an analogy.
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I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.
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I have a deep fascination with human nature, with all its virtues and all its defects.
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I'm not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.
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Acting's boring.
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I believe in holiness and sacredness in other people. It doesn't mean that the clouds part and I see God. That's a juvenile way of thinking about it.
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When I run in Ethiopia, I look out and see eucalyptus trees and rivers.
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People read more mysteries than they do political pamphlets.
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I'm not that materialistic. I like nice clothes and that, but I don't spend lots of money on stuff. I'm not really into TV, I don't have an iPod, I've got a gramophone.
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Art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic.
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I grew up admiring Ronald Reagan and Vice President Bush, and if I were old enough, I would have voted for 41. I was glad he won.
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History develops, art stands still.
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I want to be in love with what I do at all times, and I want to stay in love.
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My social circle, my best friends, are all people that I met at UCB.
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This bloody past suggests to us that enemies cease hostilities only when they are battered enough to acknowledge that there is no hope in victory - and thus that further resistance means only useless sacrifice.
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Dirán que andas por un camino equivocado, si andas por tu camino.
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You never know how much you can do in practice because you never know if you're going to play or not, but the main thing is stay ready.
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There was a time when ministers spoke forthrightly and named things. We don't name anything anymore. Finney had a sermon on How to Preach so as to Convert Nobody. He said 'Preach on sin but never mention any of the sins of your congregation - that will do it.'
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I try to be cognisant of when and how and what I eat and get as much rest as I possibly can, as that helps the vocal cords.
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There are always interesting, innovative, dynamic stories being written and being published. They're not always being prominently published, but they're being published.
Curtis Sittenfeld -
How much in life is determined, and how much is due to chance?
