David Pleat Quotes
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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I don't know what love means.
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I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.
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My most cherished desire is to help our women come out of their routine chores and infuse in them the indefatigable spirit of adventure.
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I wouldn't just have other people write songs and me go out and sing it. I would sit down with a guitar and write 11 or 12 good songs for an album and that is gonna take a long time.
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We will win an election when all the seats in the House and Senate and the chair behind the desk in the Oval Office and the whole bench of the Supreme Court are filled with people who wish they weren't there.
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Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.
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I went to quite an academic school, and all my friends were going to university, but even before my acting jobs, I didn't want to do that. I didn't want to spend another three years being institutionalised, and I feel that getting out of that system benefited me in quite a few ways.
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I don't like baseball movies. I like movies about moral courage and people who are indomitable and courageous and right.
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Urban America is like a foreign country in a sense.
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The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.
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No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
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International friendlies, they mean something, but what you want is to play on the biggest stage, play under the lights.
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We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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I have this wonderful personal chef who sources and stocks all my organic produce and I basically live on five smoothies a day. I'm totally vegan. I blend this green concoction with kale, cucumber, broccoli, string beans, avocado. My protein comes from protein powder. There is absolutely no milk, butter, cheese.
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Small ideas won't help Illinois' future.
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I'm trying to learn the lessons of the past, but not to make speeches about the past.
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Having a credible existence in the private sector frees people to be able to be better public servants. You're less concerned with... toeing the party line and more concerned with doing what is right.
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Each one chooses his or her path to come in contact with the external world. I chose to merge with the environment.
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Now an infinite happiness cannot be purchased by any price less than that which is infinite in value; and infinity of merit can only result from a nature that is infinitely divine or perfect.
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I really wanted 'NH10' to be made, and being associated with it eased the entire process.
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You don't get to see your family much. In the movie business, directors often go out of town for long periods of time, and even if you're in town, you're working 14-15 hour days. People tend to not balance out the important things in their lives with their career.
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He's had a lovely career for the talent he's got.
