David McCandless Quotes
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I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.
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I have my team. Like if you see everyone around me - I have my hair and makeup girl, my assistant. They're very calm, they're all about positive energy. There're no drama queens. Everyone wants everyone else to have a positive experience. There are no agendas. I think it creates a healthy environment and there are no boundaries to cross.
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My dad is extremely successful, so I've seen the money and luxury growing up. I'm nowhere close to his stature.
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As a child, I always wanted to be an actor. But as I grew older, the acting dream kind of faded away, and I took to studying a lot. A few years later, a relative of mine who really wanted me to try my hand at acting sent my photographs to a few production houses, and like they say, the rest is history.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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I divide criticism into two categories - one coming from those who understand music, who are worthy of being critical because they are knowledgeable about what they are saying; and then there is another category of people who would criticise you anyway, whether your work is good or bad.
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I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.
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When I was a kid and putting out my first records, there was a lot made out of the fact that the '50s/'60s generation was so dominant.
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When I had cancer - of the colon first, followed by breast cancer and a mastectomy - my motto used to be 'Drips by day, Prada by night.' I felt that I had to grasp it in the same way as you'd take on any challenge.
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In novels, and American novels in particular, it's not just about redemption, it's about forward movement and healing oneself. Americans are very big on getting better.
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The nearest approach I have ever seen to the symmetry of ancient sculpture was among the Arab tribes of Ethiopia. Our Saxon race can supply the athlete, but not the Apollo.
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It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
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The black community in Hollywood is very small and close-knit. Everyone has a common goal: to make a two-hour movie in 30 days.
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The word 'revolution' first brings to mind violent upheavals in the state, but ideas of revolution in science, and of political revolution, are almost coeval. The word once meant only a revolving, a circular return to an origin, as when we speak of revolutions per minute or the revolution of the planets about the sun.
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Most of the time, songs that I write end up being finished in 30 minutes or less.
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You can get along very well in this world by simply coming up with a quantity of reasonably valid statements.
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I get maximum satisfaction out of buying children's clothes online.
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I am not the most courageous guy in the world outside of the court. Being alone in the dark is something I don't like.
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If economists were to wait for careful studies before offering opinions about policy, we would never have anything timely to say.
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The whole point is to hook people and keep them interested.
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How could I have ever for a moment believed I wasn't in love with him?
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Everybody's looking for the niche to make the difference. Some people think they see the mother lode in the beautiful people, especially the vote of the beautiful women.
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Over the years, online, we've laid down a huge amount of information and data, and we irrigate it with networks and connectivity, and it's been worked and tilled by unpaid workers and governments.
