David McCandless Quotes

I love information. I want to stay current. I don't want to be under-informed. But I'm busy. Sometimes, I need an instant overview of a situation that I can grasp in a second.

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• I think some people think I'm, like, anti-label, and I'm not. I just wanted to sign a deal when the time was right. I'm anti being shot out of a rocket when you're not ready and the songs and image aren't there.

  

  Iggy Azalea
  • People
  • Time
  • Think

• I have a different relationship with Chucky because he's been on top of my bookshelf in the corner of my living room for my entire life. He was a great tool for scaring friends, and when I see him in different theme parks I've been to, or in commercials, my heart swells a little bit, and I'm like, 'Aww! It's my Chucky!'

  

  Fiona Dourif
  • Life
  • Great
  • Different

• My parents didn't give me any scope to feel sorry for myself. They were just like 'go play with your brother, go climb a tree, go fall off your motorbike, do whatever you want. Don't come crying to us when you get scratched. You've got prosthetic legs - that's very nice.'

  

  Oscar Pistorius
  • Parents
  • Nice
  • Fall

• When you're acting, you're escaping and hiding behind something. It's cliched to say, but there's a safety there.

  

  Tamsin Egerton
  • You
  • Acting
  • Safety

• There has been a major shift in how we live in our homes. Everyone knows the kitchen is the soul of the house. It's more of an open-concept approach.

  

  Candice Olson
  • Live
  • Soul
  • House

• Expertise and judgment in the art of lending for novel ventures must be reacquired.

  

  Edmund Phelps
  • Art
  • Judgment
  • Expertise

• I'm like half Brazilian and half American now.

  

  Camila Alves
  • American
  • Like
  • Now

• The public always picks quality.

  

  Randy Jackson Breakfast Club
  • Quality
  • Always
  • Public

• I know a lot about Jewish comedians.

  

  Dana Snyder
  • Know
  • Jewish
  • Comedians

• Presidents have the right to nominate their own cabinet secretaries. But their nominees don't have a right to confirmation. Senators have a constitutional duty to advise and consent to the appointment of all Cabinet officials. They should take that duty seriously.

  

  Gary Bauer
  • Take
  • Seriously
  • Consent

• Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

  

  Jane Austen
  • Marriage

• The act of navigation is not favourable to foreign commerce, or to the growth of that opulence which can arise from it. ... As defence, however, is of much more importance than opulence, the act of navigation is, perhaps, the wisest of all the commercial regulations of England.

  

  Adam Smith
  • Growth

• Always point your finger at the chest of the person with whom you are being photographed. You will appear dynamic. And no photo editor can crop you from the picture.

  

  Ken Auletta
  • Picture

• I did theater for 15 years, and I spent a lot of time as an understudy.

  

  Elizabeth Mitchell
  • Time

• I remember watching 'EastEnders' as a kid with my mum, and even my dad would be gripped by the odd episode. So to think I would be part of the show was a strange feeling at first.

  

  Ben Hardy
  • Remember
  • Feeling
  • Dad

• It is hard to go back into a world that has already been explored, so to speak. And the fans are very passionate about it, and you don't want to burst that bubble; you don't want to break that illusion. You want to get it right. You want it to feel familiar, but also surprising.

  

  Philippa Boyens
  • World

• We need to encourage and reward those who play by the rules.

  

  Chuck Fleischmann

• I don't read much when I'm working. When I'm finished work, I don't want a thing to do with words.

  

  Pauline Gedge
  • Work
  • Words

• I've always been a big fan of Mariah Carey. I think it's her personality. As much as she has an amazing voice, she has a crazy personality and I love the fact that she's not afraid to hide that.

  

  Jessica Mauboy
  • Amazing
  • Crazy
  • Personality

• A secret is a weapon and a friend.

  

  James Stephens
  • Friend

• A man's world, but a white man's planet.

  

  Capital Steez
  • Planet
  • Man's World

• We, of our time, have played our part in the perseverance, and we have pledged ourselves to the dead generations who have preserved intact for us this glorious heritage, that we, too, will strive to be faithful to the end, and pass on this tradition unblemished.

  

  Eamon de Valera
  • Time
  • End
  • Perseverance

• I love information. I want to stay current. I don't want to be under-informed. But I'm busy. Sometimes, I need an instant overview of a situation that I can grasp in a second.

  

  David McCandless