David Whyte Quotes
Being a good parent will necessarily break our hearts as we watch a child grow and eventually choose their own way, even through many of the same heartbreaks we have traversed.
Quotes to Explore
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I entered Harvard Medical School knowing nothing of research.
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To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.
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There are many reasons I feel at home in the U.K., but if I were asked to pinpoint the moment I knew I'd arrived, it might well be when I realised the British shared my love of fritters.
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I find it hard to be labelled in this new 'super-rich' category because we all grew up with very little. The idea that 'to get rich is glorious' is really a new phenomenon. I certainly didn't grow up like that.
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When my film flops, I believe it is my mistake. There have been times when I didn't come out of my house because my films didn't do well. I lock myself in for months. I don't talk to people. I feel bad for producer, director, for those who lost money. It's never about myself or my career alone.
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By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.
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I have this first album that sells more than 100,000 copies in its first week, debuts at number two, goes gold, the single goes platinum, we're doing Madison Square Garden.
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You don't need a machine to make pasta: a rolling pin and a fast hand can create a smooth, if thick, sheet.
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When I wrote my eighth thriller, 'Inside Out,' in 2009, the villains were a group of CIA and other government officials who colluded to destroy a series of tapes depicting Americans torturing war-on-terror prisoners.
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Theatre is how I first encountered art on any level.
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The voters in District 8 shared our vision that Washington is broken, and we're going to go up there and fix it.
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We must expect to fail... but fail in a learning posture, determined no to repeat the mistakes, and to maximize the benefits from what is learned in the process.
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I'm always glad when people come together to help each other - whether they're raising money for somebody in a bad situation or making a creative piece like a song.
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People think they have to give up things to make a difference to the world, but you don't have to.
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I had novels to write, so I wrote them.
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I don't think I'd like to be a different person. But I do sometimes see my cats lolling about and think it would be nice to be one of them.
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When I started studying tenor saxophone as a kid in Belfast, I did so with a guy named George Cassidy, who was also a big inspiration.
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I'm so lucky, I've been so successful, so much has come my way. I want to give back.
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When all is said and done the only thing you'll have left is your character.
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I still am very street - I just have nicer clothes. I'm not ashamed of that.
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Hard labor and good intentions are not sufficient to carry a man through to success.
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Dancing is different than gymnastics, but it's a good different, and it's something that I've always wanted to try.
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I'm a father with two daughters, and I don't want them to feel that they have to go and work in China when they are older.
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Being a good parent will necessarily break our hearts as we watch a child grow and eventually choose their own way, even through many of the same heartbreaks we have traversed.
