David Small Quotes
To understand somebody else as a human being, I think, is about as close to real forgiveness as one can get.

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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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We didn't realize there were that many boy bands until we started touring in Europe. I don't think we were ever affected by it since a lot of the groups in Europe didn't really sing live, but we did and would perform a cappella as well.
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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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We have Christians against Muslims against Jews. They're making incompatible claims on real estate in the Middle East as though God were some kind of omniscient real estate broker parsing out parcels of land to his chosen flock. People are literally dying over ancient literature.
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It is a very real concern and my view is that everything changed on September 11th and the procedure, the policies that were in place prior to September 11th no longer should apply.
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I watched children dying. That will be the image that will stay with me.
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If I stopped writing and being at my piano, I wouldn't know how to live. It's your best friend.
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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.