David Walliams Quotes
The one good thing about our school was the Cadets; I chose to be in the Navy, purely for the sailor's outfit. A pity we had to give them back.
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Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.
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It's hard to always be on top. You go down, you go up.
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My paternal grandfather Rustom Mehta had a huge influence on me because of his ethics and his values.
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I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do.
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I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
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Movies are usually difficult, often insane, constantly challenging and always strangely amusing to make.
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I got a telegraph from my mother who said that my step-father had had a heart attack, come home and earn a living. So I went back to England and the only thing I knew to earn any cash was through hairdressing.
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Throughout my life, I have valued relationships far more than the professionalism.
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I was really a charmer; I was the guy who would get to the office, the principal would sit me down and within 10 minutes, we'd be, like, talking about some movies or something.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really, really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums.
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I don't read newspapers, and I've said I don't watch the news. I love books, but I don't read much. What I do is I get people to read to me, and I put the stories in my head.
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I work out at home. I don't have a gym, but I use light weights. I do calisthenics, which is basically using your own body weight, like you do in yoga, to strengthen your core. I also do a bit of cardio.
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My mother took great relish in introducing me as 'This is my son - he's a doctor but not the kind that helps people.'
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Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup.
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After school I moved to London to get involved in music. I took the whole thing very seriously.
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Sometimes I see through things when people are talking. I'm really sensitive to other people, so I can tell if somebody's putting on a front.
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I would like to have the original ending to my Lord of the Rings instead of the one they released. In my original cut I had the victory at Helm's Deep as the final sequence.
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Not everything that happens in an in-person classroom is currently replicated with an online course, and perhaps the experience will never be the quite the same. But there are new opportunities that online learning opens up that would have never been possible without this technology.
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I get the thumbs up like I'm hailing a yellow cab.
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I get letters. I get several a week, I think. A lot of people want a picture, a lot of people just want an autograph.
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There's only 60 spots (in the draft), and some things just are not reported so that everyone understands how it works. There's international players, and there's high school players to factor in.
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Maybe I was just born with a little bit of vocals or natural talent, but I feel like I taught myself. I just started taking vocal lessons to just work on my breathing, my vowels and stuff.
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The one good thing about our school was the Cadets; I chose to be in the Navy, purely for the sailor's outfit. A pity we had to give them back.
