David Macaulay Quotes
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Be passionate. Be courageous. Be your best.
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There's nothing mathematical to my writing. It's a feeling.
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Anti-Semitism is extremely common.
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I was interested in the war part of 'Star Wars,' so I started reading about what it's like to go to war, what that does to you psychically, about the adrenaline and the rush.
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I don't like Botox. It makes a very strange forehead.
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My father instilled in me - of utmost importance and innate in me is the yearning to determine for myself - to define God, to define holiness for myself.
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There's ups and downs with boxing, layoffs are part of the sport and they can either help or hurt a guy.
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Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.
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I'm a huge poster collector.
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It's great to be mean, it is, it's fun.
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Love is an interesting thing. Perhaps I've never been in love before - I don't really know? I think I have. I guess it's subjective in that way.
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When I think about parallels between myself and an Olympian, I believe that success in the world of business is underpinned by very similar principles of perseverance and hard work.
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I actually studied literature at university, so I'm much more of an arts-based person, but I remember I actually did enjoy physics because you got to do weird experiments. I remember we did this thing with static where we all had to put our hands on this static ball to see that your hair would all stand on end.
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But that the reasoning from these facts, the drawing from them correct conclusions, is a matter of great difficulty, may be inferred from the imperfect state in which the Science is now found after it has been so long and so intensely studied.
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When I was younger I used to pick things just to face the fear.
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You freeze with the number of opportunities given to you and just decide to do nothing at all.
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You can't wear only one dress and be so safe. You have to risk; that's how you learn about yourself.
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The education ministry files suit every time there is a case of identity fraud.
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Music is probably the only real magic I have encountered in my life. There's not some trick involved with it. It's pure and it's real. It moves, it heals, it communicates and does all these incredible things.
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I have written millions of words about contemporary England - in journalism. Why don't I take it as the background for a novel? I may do one day. But the simple answer is that it does not excite the novelistic part of my brain; it does not fire it up.
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If a diplomat says yes, he means perhaps. If he says perhaps he means no. And if he says no, he's the hell of a diplomat.
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I did my utmost to ensure that everyone below me in the chain of command felt comfortable approaching me with concerns, ideas, thoughts, and even disagreements.
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I've never thought about the ages of my readers.
