David Hepworth Quotes
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Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.
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A narcissist like Trump must constantly inflate and exaggerate in order to keep the supply trains running. He has to brag about how, 'I have a very high IQ' or concoct stories about people agreeing with him.
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After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others.
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No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more.
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I want to write novels, and I want to write and direct theater.
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It was just such a demeaning thing to do, being in silent movies. They'd call you up and tell you, 'Hey, jump off this building!' and they'd give you a hundred bucks, and you'd do it.
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I've always had that maternal thing: that connection with street kids and people who are misfits.
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My first published work was when I was 19, in 'Playgirl.' It was an odd experience but exciting.
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What I want to do is tell stories about normal people in the American suburbs. I don't write the book where it's a conspiracy reaching the prime minister; I don't write the book with the big serial killer who lops off heads. My setting is a very placid pool of suburbia, family life. And within that I can make pretty big splashes.
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There will be mental worries with the long jump before Rio, but I know I can get through it. It's just getting my confidence back. I know I have a big jump in me.
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The fact that we're protected under that Constitution in exercising the right of free speech, it's a wonderful thing. You've got to come from somewhere else to realize how valuable it is.
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Most Americans are fiscally conservative and socially liberal. I'm advocating a balanced budget. But along with that, look, there should be gay marriage equality. A woman should have the right to choose. Let's not build a fence across the border.
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It puzzled me that other people hadn't found out, too. God was gone. We were younger. We had reached past him. Why couldn't they see it? It still puzzles me.
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My mom had me when she was 19 or 20. And my father was 22 or something. They were working on whatever they could, both of them aiming to be actors in theater.
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Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.
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There is a certain aesthetic pleasure in trying to imagine the unimaginable and failing, if you are a reader.
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Irish people are educated not only about artistry but local history.
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I prefer to live in the country where it's quiet. Woody Allen movies there are dubbed into Italian.
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I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me; and if I do wrong, set me right. Sincere regard for truth.
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Whatever pursuit you undertake, the requirements should start with a love of what it is that you are pursuing.
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There was something superficial in attributing anything so awful as the Great Depression to anything so insubstantial as speculation in common stocks.
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I spent my entire youth being in love with gay men because they were the most interesting and compassionate people I knew.
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