David Whyte Quotes
Questions that have no right to go away are those that have to do with the person we are about to become; they are conversations that will happen with or without our conscious participation.
Quotes to Explore
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It takes two years on the stage for an actor or an actress to learn how to speak correctly and to manage his voice properly, and it takes about ten years to master the subtle art of being able to hold one's audience.
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All of my friends, I consider childhood friends because we met when I was probably 13, and I'm still friends with them today. It's really nice that I have that core group.
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If the television market collapses - and it will collapse - then, it seems, there is too much regulation, and that's not a good thing.
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I don't find anything upsetting or gross or degrading about fighting with a mental illness: Bipolar or Schizophrenia.
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I have never Twittered or Tweeted or even Chirped.
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Investing in gold is one of the wisest decisions that you can make as an investor.
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Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.
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You can do anything as long as you have the passion, the drive, the focus, and the support.
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It's important for me to think I'm mixed-race.
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Well, I certainly did not think that I could do worse.
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I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a hobby, I would immediately make money on it or abandon it.
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I find theater very lazy and artificial, and then when it's not, it lacks refinement.
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Every book I've written has been a different attempt to understand something, and the success or failure of the previous one is irrelevant. I write the book I want.
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Shakespeare is rich and beautiful, and it can be an amazing experience to read and to watch and to work on.
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I never worry about being driven to drink; I just worry about being driven home.
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The three hundredth anniversary of the Salem witch trials of 1692 comes at a time when witchcraft commands a scholarly attention that would have been puzzling in 1892 or even in 1792.
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The Doctrine of the Trinity teaches that within the unity of the one Godhead there are three separate persons who are coequal in power, nature, and eternity.
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I remember when my first child was born, and I had a script that was due, and I asked the guy I was writing it for, a guy who I'm now friends with but at the time was not friend with, 'Can I have some extra time? I had a kid born.' He's like, 'No, we need it now.'
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Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.
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I walk into rooms and I don't know why I'm there. I'm like, 'Why am I standing in front of the toilet now?'
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I don't have a single plan for my life more important than learning to love people well.
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Is there anything more terrible than perpetual motion, than doing and doing and doing, without a reason, without a consciousness, without a change, without an end?
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Questions that have no right to go away are those that have to do with the person we are about to become; they are conversations that will happen with or without our conscious participation.
