David James Duncan Quotes
My books are inert as cordwood till a reader's imagination ignites one and an old flame jumps to life.
David James Duncan
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In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation.
Fedor Emelianenko
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I'm not strict on my calorie count; I just pay attention to my body.
J. J. Watt
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
Feisal Abdul Rauf
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I have a 60-acre farm in North Carolina, and I have a tractor and a farmhouse. As soon as I groom the land, I want to put cabins around and have a place where people can write and hang out. It'll be either that or an all-black nudist colony.
Zach Galifianakis
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A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
Lao Tzu
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Writing for children, you do bear a responsibility to not include overt or graphic adult content that they are not ready for and don't need, or to address adult concepts or themes from an oblique angle or a child's limited viewpoint, with appropriate context, without being graphic or distressing.
Garth Nix
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High IQ individuals don't like surprises and are pessimistic, because it's logical.
Walter O'Brien
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As long as I know my head's in the right place, my feet are on the ground, I think I'll be fine.
Jack Osbourne
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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
Fran Lebowitz
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I'm not very technically minded. I mean, I don't know how to do e-mail on computers.
Kate Winslet
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If you could stay at this stage - you're 17, and you're always going to be in love with your first love - that's probably attractive.
Nancy A. Collins
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I tell you, in this country, you don't get much of an education. Throughout high school, through junior college, which is all I went, I didn't know anything about the annihilation of all the Indian nations that were here.
Yuri Kochiyama
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In television, a sitcom is probably the closest thing to what it's like working in the theater.
B. D. Wong
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Joy, shipmate, joy! Pleased to my soul at death I cry, Our life is closed, our life begins, The long, long anchorage we leave, The ship is clear at last, she leaps! She swiftly courses from the shore, Joy, shipmate, joy!
Walt Whitman
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I look forward to working with UNICEF as they continue to make the world a better place for children.
Orlando Bloom
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I'd love to do a comedy - something where a character has to use humor to navigate the absurdities of life.
Debra Granik
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When I was 10 I used to walk around shopping centres and go, "Oh, they've recognised me!" And I would think, "hold on, who am I? I'm nobody famous yet!" - Darren on 60 Minutes
Darren Hayes
Savage Garden
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My books are inert as cordwood till a reader's imagination ignites one and an old flame jumps to life.
David James Duncan
