David McCandless Quotes
What I love - and I'm a journalist - and what I love is finding hidden patterns; I love being a data detective.
Quotes to Explore
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It takes two years on the stage for an actor or an actress to learn how to speak correctly and to manage his voice properly, and it takes about ten years to master the subtle art of being able to hold one's audience.
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We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.
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In many countries, they do not even keep track of how girls are doing in school, or if they are there at all. If we say, 'Girls count,' then we must count girls, so we can see if we are really making progress in educating every girl.
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There is nothing you can do to assuage your conscience when you commit sins. Crime is a spiritual assault on the soul.
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You can go to the doctor a million times if you're feeling down, and get nowhere, but if you go for a run it makes you feel really good.
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Nothing sickens me more than the closed door of a library.
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There are great challenges before you, from the overwhelming nature of climate change to the unfairness of an economy that excludes so many from our collective wealth, and the changes necessary to build a more inclusive and generous Canada. I believe in you.
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I'm of the Samuel Goldwyn school of writing: If you need to send a message, call Western Union. Any messages people take away from my books are the ones they see in them.
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People can't think when their minds are clouded with fear.
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Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.
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Mrs. White, in my opinion, made false statements. She misused what she claimed was the prophetic gift she had.
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I had never seen 'Vogue.' I didn't read fashion magazines, I read 'Time' and 'Newsweek.'
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I pretty much look like an identical twin of my mom.
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The best way to tell people about climate change is through non-fiction. There's a vast literature of outstanding writing on the subject.
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You will either step forward into growth, or you will step backward into safety.
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Reserve your abuse for your true friends.
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Life is never guaranteed to be safe, so we better use it while we are still in good condition.
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So he believes. The truth may be more...complex.
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I'm so voracious with books, movies, TV, and I'm always interested in the way that different cultural values are presented or, in their absence, are present.
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You get to a point where everything is so important. One day you have 'Letterman,' and the next day you're at the MTV Movie Awards, and the next day you have a sold-out show for over 15,000 people. You can't cancel anything, because it's just too much to let everyone down, which is an interesting thing about being in a bigger band.
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I think my ability to joke and laugh about things is because I'm forced to. I've been through a lot of things in my life that, if I didn't make light of it, I would literally keel over.
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That's why I've always loved country music. Whether it's sad, pumps you up, or it's breakup songs, it's all real-life things.
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What I love - and I'm a journalist - and what I love is finding hidden patterns; I love being a data detective.
