David Tang Quotes
About 90 percent of what's out there in cyberspace is hearsay - or lies - and opinion, often misinformed opinion, and it's all repeated over and over again.
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If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn't be able to do my job here. I'll do what I think is right and explain it later.
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The artistic part of us all - I think that the easiest way to appreciate this - is through architecture. Architecture is very impressive; the beauty of buildings, temples.
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If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money.
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I feel like I became an artist by default. I went to art college, but my interest was always more towards film than painting or sculpture.
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The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, 'At least this is something for which I won't have to study.' But I've realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he's doing and about what's going on around him. The moment you think you've nailed it, you're dead.
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You need someone to see what you've done, to read it and to understand it and to appreciate what's gone into it.
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I have got prostate cancer, and I have to keep monitoring that. It's no problem, it's under control and I'm very cool about it, but other people are dying from it.
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There's a fast-track if you can do the networking. For some personalities it works, but for mine it doesn't.
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I had so many freckles that my mother used to say that they were kisses from the angels. I still have them.
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I don't think good and evil are polarized.
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If I had a gun to my head and I had to choose between theater and film I'd choose theater.
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The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially in his or her hands in collaboration with other fellow Nigerians and not merely relying on what government alone could provide for him or her.
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One must act in painting as in life, directly.
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The thing about post-traumatic stress disorder, we know about one in five, about 20 percent of individuals that are exposed to a direct traumatic stress will develop this disorder.
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What makes revolutionary thought unique is its clarity and dignity, and its clear grasp of freedom and justice: simple, clear words that are understood without the need for any help from elite writers or thinkers.
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You can't succeed if you don't know what losing is.
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Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.
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Secularist justices de-Christianized our country. They invented new rights for vicious criminals as though criminal justice were a game. They tore our country apart with idiotic busing orders to achieve racial balance in public schools.
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Anarchy is as detestable in grammar as it is in society.
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My parents felt that acting was far too insecure. Don't ask me what made them think that painting would be more secure.
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The one word that makes a good manager - decisiveness.
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You shouldn't have one opinion when you're running and another when you're president.
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One year's poor form remains a blip but if it happens next year, you can say it's a trend.
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About 90 percent of what's out there in cyberspace is hearsay - or lies - and opinion, often misinformed opinion, and it's all repeated over and over again.
