David Nicholls Quotes
David Holdaway was my stage name. I was an actor for about eight years in the '90s. I had to change my name because there was another David Nicholls, and I thought if I changed it to my mother's name, she'd be touched.
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It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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I had spent my childhood making up adventures in my head. Then I realized when I went to acting school that there were adventures written down, and you could learn lines, and you could do the adventures for real, not just in your head.
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Running back was always my favorite position.
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I like talking to priests, to Catholics. Everyone has their beliefs.
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I carried through well with my tennis. I got the respect by usage of the tennis racket.
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I have seen life from the top down and the bottom up. I know how it looks both ways. And I know there is wisdom and that there is hope.
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When I approach guys in certain situations and talk to them about Christ, they know that I'm speaking to them in a way that's real.
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What makes you a Christian is whether or not you really are in accord with biblical theology and whether you know Jesus Christ as your Saviour.
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What's the most important thing in the world? It's love, and I look at that as an energy, not a sentiment.
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Humor is always more interesting when it comes from someone who's had more than, like, five experiences.
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So we're living by that sword, and we're going to cut every now and then from it's backlash.
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People don't realize that molecules themselves are somewhat hypothetical, and that their interactions are more so, and that the biological reactions are even more so.
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My temples are only in India. When I am in India, I go to the religious ceremonies.
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I admire an actor that can do a lot with doing nothing really, for the most part. I like doing a lot by doing so little.
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Even if it was a difficult operation to copy a song, it only takes one person to do it. After that the spread of the song via the Internet or other means of propagation is only limited by the honesty of the users.
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Whoever thinks of stopping the uprising before it achieves its goals, I will give him ten bullets in the chest.
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I consider myself West African, among other cultural identities, and a writer, among other creative ones.
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'Pray, my dear,' quoth my mother, 'have you not forgot to wind up the clock?' - 'Good G-!' cried my father, making an exclamation, but taking care to moderate his voice at the same time, - 'Did ever woman, since the creation of the world, interrupt a man with such a silly question?'
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I looked to my mom as an example. And this is what I try to tell so many women: that my mom had a career, and she went to the gym. She took care of herself.
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It is crucial that we develop real awareness of ourselves as citizens of Earth, linked by mutual and indissoluble bonds. When we clearly recognize this reality and ground ourselves in it, we are compelled to take a strict accounting of our way of life.
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I believe that anyone can cook a great meal. Basically all you need to do is get your hands on some fresh ingredients and not be afraid to make a mess in the kitchen.
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Books fall from Garry Wills like leaves from a maple tree in a sort of permanent October.
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David Holdaway was my stage name. I was an actor for about eight years in the '90s. I had to change my name because there was another David Nicholls, and I thought if I changed it to my mother's name, she'd be touched.
