David Tang Quotes
Stephen Fry is a master exponent of the English tongue. Some people might think that he is the most irritating man in Britain, but my wife and I love him all the same.
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Nobody has done more for me than my parents, who devoted untold amounts of time and money that allowed me to play the game I love. It's no exaggeration to say I never would have gotten anywhere near a World Cup, an Olympics, or even the U.S. national team without them. I have never forgotten that, and I never will.
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I like to practise. With every new piece, you make mistakes and you learn. So it's important to get on and have another go.
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
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I love speaking at schools. That's always my favorite because I wish I'd had someone who was like me come speak at my school.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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I'm free - but I'm also not free because there are millions of young people living in Iran. A filmmaker can only do a little.
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I wish I could make multiple records, stylistically. The way that I'm gonna remedy that is to make a diverse record with a lot of different styles on one record.
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Those darker sides, the things that we don't want to admit about ourselves - that's what excites me.
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I missed quite a lot of school because I was working from the age of 11.
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I try to play serious scenes a little funny and the comedy a little serious.
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'Freaky Ali' may look like an easy role to others, but it is not easy.
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I would vote for the man who's lived life, who's done different occupations, who's been out in the real world and struggled to make a living, struggled to raise a family, struggled with life as it exists. So I'd vote for experience, honest experience.
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All peoples are entangled in the net of the world market.
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The hour of the liberal interventionists like Hillary Clinton in Libya, like the neocons' hour of power in the GOP, is over.
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Do we fear terrorism so much that we throw out our Constitution, and are we unwilling and afraid to debate our Constitution?
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There's no such thing as a specific authenticity to what Mexico is, because Mexico is incredibly complex and varied, and the food is completely different if you travel 50 kilometers. It just changes all the time.
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Nobody wants to see a half-finished Vine.
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My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.
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Magic's an art where you use slight of hand or illusion to create wonder. And I was just intrigued with that idea.
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Saying the words that come from knowledge is no sign of having it.
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Be anxious for nothing... And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6,7
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I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done an American accent before, so they rely on a slew of technical mechanisms. Part of what makes an accent is understanding why people speak that way - you have to understand the culture.
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I'd say it's harder to play with an acoustic guitar strapped over your shoulder for a few hundred people than it is to play in front of thousands with an entire bombastic band behind you. After all these years, I still get nervous in front of people. I can't help it.
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Stephen Fry is a master exponent of the English tongue. Some people might think that he is the most irritating man in Britain, but my wife and I love him all the same.
