David Small Quotes
To understand somebody else as a human being, I think, is about as close to real forgiveness as one can get.
Quotes to Explore
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There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way.
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I have a strong upper body; I'm an arms swimmer, and I always have been.
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No 17-year-old is just one thing, especially in this day and age. Kids are into all sorts of things.
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I write synopses after the book is completed. I can't write it beforehand, because I don't know what the book's about. I invent something for my publisher because he asks for one, but the final book ends up very differently.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
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When George W. Bush entered office, the national debt was $5 trillion. When he left, it was $10 trillion. I think the administration spent too much money.
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Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty.
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A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
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To destroy is always the first step in any creation.
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I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I do find some comfort there.
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Being asked to support humane meat means being asked to support the suffering of animals in transport, to approve of treatment that causes them palpable fear, their bodies shaking and their eyes wide as saucers, as they are slung by their legs into crates that are slammed onto the back of a truck.
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I don't think I have the ability or patience to teach badminton to others.
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Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.
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Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance.
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I don't consider myself a competition to anyone. There is ample space for everyone here. When there are directors who create characters for me, why should I feel bothered or insecure? When it comes to updating myself, I work very hard to relate to the emotions of characters I play.
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I think people think of Oregon as such a granola, hippie kind of a place.
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Parsi theater was known for melodrama.
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If you're playing a real person, then you want to do a certain amount of research, but that's only going to be so useful to you. Each role requires a different kind of approach to get ready.
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People love to interact in real time, whether it is with each other or with content.
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I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.
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My ideal evening is to have dinner with one person or a few persons, and then be in bed by 11.
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It's a maddening thing in itself to look at an old poem of yours. To translate it is even more maddening.
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To understand somebody else as a human being, I think, is about as close to real forgiveness as one can get.
