David Newman Quotes
I want to write theater pieces, opera, or some kind of amalgamation where there is singing, music and theater.
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I would just die if some little girl saw me jump into bed with someone in the movies, and then she did it and got AIDS and died.
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There are no soft or slothful ways to become sanctified to the point that we are prepared to live in the presence of the Savior. And there can be blessings in the burdens we bear. As a result of these struggles, our souls are stretched and our spirits are strengthened. Our character becomes more Christlike as we are tried and tested.
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Oh, I had, 'No one will ever fancy me!' I had that well into my teens. Even now I do not consider myself to be some kind of great, sexy beauty. I don't mind the way I'm ageing. No reason to panic just yet. I think I look my age, and that's fine.
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I inherited some Chanel pieces from my mother. I've worn Prada - absolutely. Wonderful designers are inspiring. I also love designers not known. I love a lot of vintage pieces. I am pretty minimal, pretty classic.
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I don't do fake. That's the first thing you should know about me. I'm not one to put on airs or change my demeanor depending on where I am or who I am talking to.
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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
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The thing that can get kind of annoying is, when you travel so much, how hectic it gets. I was being interviewed once - it was a phone interview - and they said, 'Where are you right now?' and I didn't know where I was.
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Fvery time Anthony and I are supposed to fight, the lines come out, and it's like we're dead even. It's like people don't know what to make of a fight between Daniel Cormier and Anthony Johnson, when in reality, it should be very easy to know what to make of a fight between me and Anthony Johnson.
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Every time we moved on, I joined a different class in a different school with different girls until, aged 13, my father had taken the decision to pull me out of school altogether. Everything I needed, he reasoned, could be found within the rich language of Shakespeare's plays at which, by then, I was something of an old hand.
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In most movies there is a Prince Charming who rides up and saves the girl.
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We have a tax code whose complications and levels of unfairness and levels of choosing people to give tax breaks to and choosing people to deny them to is thousands of pages long with endless complications and unbelievable manipulations by everybody.
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Not knowing the thing that's chasing you is a lot scarier than seeing it right in front of you.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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We want to be two-way players; that's the best thing.
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I always say, dare to struggle, dare to grin.
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You say to yourself: 'What could people, in all these countries, find in my books?' and yet I think we're all the same, anywhere. Everybody is a hero or a dramatic person in their own story if you just know where to look.
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My mom watches really obscure stuff on IFC. She's a real comedy fan. She knows everything that's going on.
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Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.
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I want to do the best and be the best at what I do.
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Why worry about these small, small things? I don't stress. You never hear of anyone dying of happiness.
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The one thing that people don't get about GE is that, to the people who work here, it's not a company. It's not just a job. You feel like you're part of a 120-year-old ever-growing, ever-improving family.
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The only way governments or would-be governments respond to ills these days is by seeking to lower the temperature... and that tends to mean public spending.
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When you're in a church, and you're singing about the presence of the Lord, it is so hard not to get overjoyed because I know Him.
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I want to write theater pieces, opera, or some kind of amalgamation where there is singing, music and theater.
