David M. Shoup Quotes
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I've got nothing very original to say myself.
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The good thing is I didn't feel like anyone was going to judge me on 'Glee.'
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Whether it is a super PAC or not, I have been blessed with wealth, and I think I have responsibility to use it properly.
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I am not a political writer. I agree with Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell, who are social writers. I can't write in that fashion. I am not good enough for that. What I am interested in is family dramas and why we are doing bad things to each other and what our motives are.
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Children up to the age of seven are like sponges. They look up to adults and copy what they do. So I thought if I could create a positive role model - a superhero, if you like - who moves around and has a balanced lifestyle - then they would be motivated to move more.
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If I'm with a man, is that going to prevent me from achieving my goal? What sacrifices will I have to make in terms of being myself, if I'm with a man? Something that young women find out really quickly is that when you start dating, all of a sudden you're supposed to have a role. You're not allowed to just be yourself.
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It's a strange world, as David Lynch would say.
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If you just keep your head down and just try and do your thing, sometimes magic happens.
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There was no welfare state, and people had to rely mainly on the Poor Law - that was all the state provided. It was very degrading, very humiliating. And there was a means test for receiving poor relief.
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Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go.
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The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.
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There is something about guns that inhibits understanding. It is not just that they can put an end to argument. They somehow generate beliefs that are obviously contrary to observable fact.
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I love Philip Glass' work, not only as a film composer but also as a musician. The film score work that he does always amazes and shocks me.
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One of the outstanding achievements of the new constructional technique has been the abolition of the separating function of the wall.
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And then she finally said yes. And we have been married, I want you to know, for 51 years.
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You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real.
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Music is a job, but I figured out ways to get my mind into a place where I could be creative. I actually discovered meditation. It enabled me to clear my mind of all the drama and focus on the music.
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I think of dieting, then I eat pizza.
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I really wanted to be as healthy as I could. It wasn't about getting my six-pack back. There are more important things in life than a six-pack, I realized. It was just so much more important to take care of my baby and take care of myself in a healthy way; so now, it's been a slow process, but I'm back in shape.
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Do you think it is a vain hope that one day man will find joy in noble deeds of light and mercy, rather than in the coarse pleasures he indulges in today -- gluttony, fornication, ostentation, boasting, and envious vying with his neighbor? I am certain this is not a vain hope and that the day will come soon.
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The value of friends has always been a natural thing. I prefer too many to too few.
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Get hurt in a fight... got to keep going... Heart and mind, they kind of go hand in hand.
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To lack intelligence is to be in the ring blindfolded.
