David Macaulay Quotes
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It's nature-nurture, right? I've been nurtured by Californians.
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I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
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I breathe martial arts every day of my life.
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I see myself as a story teller.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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My parents were both entrepreneurs.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken away because he wore it. Here endeth the lesson.
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The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited.
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By nature, I'm an optimistic person. No one believes it, but I am.
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Eazy-E is going to remain Eazy-E. But I will not portray Compton as a bad city.
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I like to act with people that know what they're doing.
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Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?
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While I was serving in the Florida Senate, American soldiers were being killed in Iraq, a war we should have never started, and often by Iranian proxies and their improvised explosive devices.
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A cap on carbon is important because it sets a specific goal for reducing carbon emissions 80% by 2050.
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I focus on supporting high quality early childhood health care and education. By betting my resources on very young children, I know I'm making an investment that pays guaranteed dividends with a high rate of return.
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I am a bit of a Cheap Pete, but I do spend a fortune on books and false moustaches and practical jokes.
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I was lucky enough to make four Bond films. It finished in rather shambolic fashion, but I have no bitterness, no resentment.
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One secret of leadership is that the mind of a leader never turns off. Leaders even when they are sightseers or spectators, are active; not passive observers.
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The Tea Party folks may be sincere, loyal citizens, but their notions about how the economy works are exactly that: mere notions. Their core notion is that government needs to do nothing more than get out of the way of business in order for the economy to boom and bloom.
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I never wanted to be a star, and I don't really want to be famous. I just love the stability of my life. I'm a complete family guy.
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You always end up with too much, so it's good to be part of the conversation about not just what you can omit, but how you are going to do the grammar of the omission, how you make things continue to work when there's something missing. It's your last chance to rewrite.
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Making books is hard work. Some books are, of course, more demanding than others.
