David Tang Quotes
I'm not terribly technological. I'm awfully backward about iPads and BlackBerries and suchlike; I still have a great fondness for Teletext, and I clung onto my fax machine for as long as I could, but eventually you have to move with the times.
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I like Dolce & Gabbana's fragrance Light Blue - it's my everyday perfume.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it.
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Most of the time, the lyrics are kind of like my secret messages to my friends or my boyfriend or my mom or my dad. I would never tell them that these songs are about them or which specific lyric is about somebody. Often, when I sit down to write a lyric, it is in the heat of the moment, and something has just happened.
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Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.
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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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Russia is an amazing country to be an entrepreneur.
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English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
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In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army.
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What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know? I don't run it.
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They are more beautiful than anything in the world, kinetic sculptures, perfect form in motion.
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I'm tired of living in a police state.
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Writing is the supreme solace.
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You can write the best book you can, and that might still not be enough. Appeal isn't something that most writers can't strive for or identify. It's something even the best agents and editors can't always identify.
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I often feel like I have this spirit living inside of me, always dressing in like short mini skirts... but then I start to discover myself. So there are eight spirits, mischievous ones, sad ones, handsome ones, wise ones, and crazy ones.
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What we call a democratic society might be defined for certain purposes as one in which the majority is always prepared to put down a revolutionary minority.
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One killer exercise that's really great is pull-ups with your legs out level. That's my favourite. It's such functional core strength, and that's why I can climb up trees and down vines.
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I was fairly solitary. I didn't like structured learning. People didn't seem to be my cup of tea.
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The big idea of, 'Hey, I can pay anyone, anywhere, with whatever digital wallet they have, and it just flows around the Internet' - that's on the horizon; that's how we built everything we do.
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From compassion springs humility. The ego is verily a gateway to hell. The person who is egoistic is far from being religious.
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Kids. They're not easy. But there has to be some penalty for sex.
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A great city is that which has the greatest men and women.
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I'm not terribly technological. I'm awfully backward about iPads and BlackBerries and suchlike; I still have a great fondness for Teletext, and I clung onto my fax machine for as long as I could, but eventually you have to move with the times.
