David Hepworth Quotes
Back in the 1980s, state-of-the-nation fictions were all set in Manhattan. Now, they're all in Trump country. Early in 'S-Town,' we're introduced to an actual maze, every branch of which leads to a further junction. This may also be a metaphor.
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I think Woody Allen is Woody Allen, and no matter where he goes he still makes his Woody Allen films.
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To be honest, marriage doesn't scare me and that, it's just once you've been together for so long, if you haven't got any kids it's just a big expensive day out for everyone else to enjoy, isn't it?
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A couple of times, I felt like I was cracking and I couldn't go on, and God would put another person in my place to help me.
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The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.
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Sometimes when I visit my sister and her two children, I wonder if she missed a lot by getting married. Right now, nothing could be further from my mind than getting married.
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I probably get strangers coming up to me two or three times a week to just say something nice. I get more than my share of compliments as I walk through my daily life. I'm not having to show off or make a point about how good I am at doing something. I think I've always kind of been that way.
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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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I love surprises - champagne and strawberries, all that pampering, romantic stuff. Guys ought to know how to pamper their women properly.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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Of course it's fantastic to have bands formed in garages, but there is a market for other types of music.
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The war on terror is the most insane and immoral war of all time. The Americans are doing what they did in Vietnam, bombing villages. But how can a civilised nation do this? How can you can eliminate suspects, their wives, their children, their families, their neighbours? How can you justify this?
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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Research shows that the climate of an organization influences an individual's contribution far more than the individual himself.
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I think gymnastics was associated with the 10. I thought that belonged to the sport, and somehow we gave it way.
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Maybe when my kids are grown up, I can go back to Broadway. It would be great someday, I suppose.
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I can't add. I don't understand basic science. Or anything else. But I can read anything. I've always been able to, and I've always liked to. Even if I didn't understand it, I liked to.
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I didn't really want to be the coach who wins but the coach who educates.
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My father loved antique shops and shows, and quite a bit of my childhood involved outings to dim, dusty places packed with cast-off treasures.
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Of course I get hurt.
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I'm a bit of a traditionalist, but I kind of mangle things as I perform in a contemporary way.
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Vague a l'ame - melancholy yearning for the end of the world.
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Where wise actions are the fruit of life, wise discourse is the pollination.
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Back in the 1980s, state-of-the-nation fictions were all set in Manhattan. Now, they're all in Trump country. Early in 'S-Town,' we're introduced to an actual maze, every branch of which leads to a further junction. This may also be a metaphor.
