David Gilmour Quotes
Tired of lying in the sunshine, staying home to watch the rain You are young and life is long, and there is time to kill today And then one day you find, ten years has got behind you No one told you where to run, you missed the starting gun.
Quotes to Explore
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I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of things to contribute that would be difficult to do if I stayed. I thought I could have a stronger voice as an advocate for space exploration. So I ended up starting my own technology consulting company.
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And think of how we challenged the idea of a male dominated Parliament with All-Women shortlists and made the cause of gender equality central to our government. We were right to do so.
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The fairytale has turned into a nightmare.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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You're human; you make mistakes. You have to put all the things in the past.
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What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
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X Out is perfect for my schedule. It is so simple, fast and actually works. I am more confident in my own skin and always camera ready - a necessity in my line of work.
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People always tell me, 'Reinvent yourself, re-this, re-whatever.' I haven't reinvented myself. It's an honest evolution. I've always been authentic.
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No one connected intimately with a writer has any appreciation of his temperament, except to think him overdoing everything.
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I don't know anyone, from any class, who's had a perfectly easy life. I've met people born into wealthy families who feel like they didn't have much emotional support, and people who come from working-class families who had loads of love but no money.
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There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don't allow yourself to become one of them.
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The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave. Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.
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The camera photographs what's there.
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When I run - you can see my record - I run to win.
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I have been shocked at the number of people who don't watch television.
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It'd be nice to make lots of money but it's quite difficult, because every time I make lots of money I make a bigger piece that costs lots of money.
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A soul which gives itself to prayer, either much or little, should on no account be kept within narrow bounds.
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If you're against globalisation, it doesn't achieve much by sort of bombing the head offices of Shell or Nestle. You unsettle people much more by blowing up an Oxfam shop because people can't understand the motive.
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So to all Americans, in every city near and far, small and large, from mountain to mountain, and from ocean to ocean, hear these words: You will never be ignored again. Your voice, your hopes, and your dreams will define our American destiny. And your courage and goodness and love will forever guide us along the way.
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Forty-two years ago, I came to America from communist Cuba so I might have a better way of life, a freer way of life - a more democratic way of life. I wanted to live the American Dream where if you worked hard and put your mind to the task, anything was possible.
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I try to not get to the point where one is making wallpaper, or simply painting money. I want to make sure that I am at least trying to weigh myself down, that there's a challenge each time.
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It is too soon to tell, but old, tired 'Survivor' last night beat 'X Factor.' We're really proud of that. We're anticipating a very strong season for CBS.
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Most of us, I suppose, are a little nervous of the sea. No matter what its smiles may be, we doubt its friendship.
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Tired of lying in the sunshine, staying home to watch the rain You are young and life is long, and there is time to kill today And then one day you find, ten years has got behind you No one told you where to run, you missed the starting gun.
