David Walliams Quotes
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If I bring up political power, personal power, it sounds like they're my terms, and they're not.
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My first professional job was to sell heavy-duty waterless cookware.
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There's six of us, and they didn't treat any of us different. They loved us the same. They treated us all the same, and I just want to be like them when I grow up.
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You have a lot of great teams in the NBA. I watched San Antonio against Dallas, and they're two great teams, and there are great teams in the east, as well. So it takes time to gel, as we've all seen.
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Did I shop Kmart for clothing? No, I didn't. But I loved that I could be totally involved in the hangtags, the buttons, the commercials and with the designers. Something in my head said 'Yes.' I was adventurous.
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In high school, I loved history. I also loved cosmography, algebra. Mexico is so rich in culture and history, and I have always enjoyed that.
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India has a very good tradition in tennis.
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A pound invested in energy efficiency buys seven times more energy solution than a pound invested in nuclear power.
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I'm not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I've never won one has nothing to do with it at all!
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Soybeans really need an uplift, being on the dull side, but, like dull people, respond readily to the right contacts.
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When my family fell apart, it was such a troubled part of my life... I think I could understand what I was going through, but I didn't have the vocabulary for it.
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There is a feeling within our system that defence equipment can't be made here and should be imported. I wanted to break this myth, so we spent our money and made a product to prove we have capability in this country, so don't just brush us aside.
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There is always a certain glamour about the idea of a nation rising up to crush an evil simply because it is wrong. Unfortunately, this can seldom be realized in real life; for the very existence of the evil usually argues a moral weakness in the very place where extraordinary moral strength is called for.
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I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.
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Le malheur est que, parfois, des souhaits s'accomplissent, afin que se perpétue le supplice de l'espérance.
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When it is time to get to work, I go away completely and don't do anything except the work. And that can be 16 hours a day.
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I have long since thrown in the towel on the Democratic and Republican parties because they are really a front group for the 1%, for predatory banks, fossil fuel giants, and war profiteers.
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Mum snuck me into speech and drama classes and into the National Youth Theatre and said I was going on a summer camp if Dad asked.
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Everybody deals with injuries. We've been there before. The next guy steps up. That's a tall order, but you can't approach the game any other way.
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A hardware startup with no funding is a risky venture.
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There are two ways to read Scripture - the way a lawyer reads a will and the way an heir reads a will.
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If a man is not bound down, he is sure to succeed.
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I love wearing drag.