David Hewson Quotes

Historically, Macbeth is one of the greatest kings Scotland ever had. He was on the throne for 19 years, and he simply has this dreadful reputation because Shakespeare manipulated history for the benefit of James I, who was paying him to write the play to blacken Macbeth's name.

David Hewson

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• I don't feel that it's either necessary or appropriate for me to comment on what the NFL either says or does.

  

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• I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.

  

  Dan Marino
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• My songs have a lot going on in them -they're packed with sounds. When I have only three or four minutes to capture something, I guess I can't stand the idea of any bar going unloved.

  

  Imogen Heap
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• If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.

  

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• I suffer the mortification of seeing myself attacked right and left by people at home professing patriotism and love of country who never heard the whistle of a hostile bullet. I pity them and the nation dependent on such for its existence. I am thankful, however that, though such people make a great noise, the masses are not like them.

  

  Ulysses S. Grant
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• I divide criticism into two categories - one coming from those who understand music, who are worthy of being critical because they are knowledgeable about what they are saying; and then there is another category of people who would criticise you anyway, whether your work is good or bad.

  

  A. R. Rahman
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• China is a country, still, of great contrast. While hundreds of millions of people are part of the middle class and yearn for things made in America - American brands, movies, music - there are other hundreds of millions of people throughout China who are living on the equivalent of one U.S. dollar a day.

  

  Gary Locke
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• People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.

  

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• I think the media world is adjusting to the digital age.

  

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• I've removed legs from dogs on the bed of my truck on the farm.

  

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• Our society wants things to grow, and our society wants things to become bigger and bigger. Everything has to be put under the spotlight.

  

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• The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

  

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• Don't try to convince your partner you are right. Instead of trying to win arguments, try to have a winning relationship!

  

  Karen Salmansohn
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• I'd say when it comes to being who you are, just don't be afraid to try things.

  

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• If you're holding out for universal popularity, I'm afraid you will be in this cabin for a very long time.

  

  Joanne Rowling
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• We can succeed only by concert. It is not, 'Can any of us imagine better,' but, 'Can we all do better?'

  

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• To get a good deal, I buy them all with a friend. The houses, the boat, everything. We each buy half. So I pay half price! They get used more.

  

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• We have to honor our commitments to today's beneficiaries, but we can't solve the growing deficit and debt problems unless we are smart, courageous, and sensible in planning for future.

  

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• So for those of you who haven't read any of my five best-selling books: Liberals are driven by Satan and lie constantly.

  

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• My dad was always such a frustrated artist. He always worked very hard to support his family, doing a bunch of ridiculous jobs. He wanted to be a painter, but then he also wrote science-fiction novels in his spare time.

  

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• I want to become the president of all the people of France - the president of the patriots in the face of the threat from the nationalists.

  

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• '…as the cinema shows us, they are much more accessible and, for that matter, much more wanton than our own women'

  

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• As a historian, I have learned that, in fact, not everyone who reaches back into history can survive it. And it is not only reaching back that endangers us; sometimes history itself reaches inexorably forward for us with its shadowy claw.

  

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• Historically, Macbeth is one of the greatest kings Scotland ever had. He was on the throne for 19 years, and he simply has this dreadful reputation because Shakespeare manipulated history for the benefit of James I, who was paying him to write the play to blacken Macbeth's name.

  

  David Hewson
  • History