David Whyte Quotes
Honesty lies in understanding our close and necessary relationship with not wanting to hear the truth.
Quotes to Explore
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You can be anything. You could be the President of the United States or the inventor of the next Internet or a ninja cardio-thoracic surgeon poet, which would be awesome because you would be the first one.
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I want to pursue a career in film.
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We can have a World War, I see absolutely no reason why we shouldn't have a World Party.
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Sandy Koufax went to the same school as me. I graduated two years ahead of Sandy.
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God may not play dice but he enjoys a good round of Trivial Pursuit every now and again.
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The best advice my dad ever gave me is that acting is believing. Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It's believing that you are that character and playing him as if it were a normal day in the life of that character.
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I work in my attic, and the view is next door's chimney stack.
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I like working with my own body weight, and I just do the best job I can to be healthy and strong, both before and after a fight.
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I think every girl's dream is to find a bad boy at the right time, when he wants to not be bad anymore.
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This world is too hard for me to leave my kids, without me supervising and being there for them.
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I'm a much better mother at 46... than if I were like, 21 or 25.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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Basically, what it comes down to is I love what I do. I don't do it for fame. I don't do it for money. I just love it.
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I think foreign countries really do like it when American artists sing in their language. And when you go over there and say, 'Hi, how are you?' in their language, they love it. It makes them feel like you're doing it just for them. We in America take so much for granted.
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The good news is world population growth rate decreases systematically and is expected to reach zero by 2050, thanks to urbanisation and women's education.
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I think in the corridors of power these dangerous kinds of orders are issued in a much more vague way, passed down two or three levels of command before they're given to the assassin.
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Where I come from it was really unheard of to be at a party and someone says, 'What kind of music do you make?', and you say, 'Pop music.' You may as well have 'I'm not cool' stamped on your forehead.
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Yes, I do come with certain reservations, and I'm not OK with certain things, but rather than focusing on what I don't want to do, I focus on what I do want to do, and I bring that energy, and that happens.
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Cultivate will power, that massive creative force that God the creator built into you. Do not let it remain flabby but strengthen it by use and exercise.
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Was I in a nativity play? I think I was an angel; I was a very blonde child, so I tended to get typecast. I have a vague memory of wearing wings.
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So, blind to Someone I must be.
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Performing live on stage is such a community, whether it's my musicians or a cast of a show that I'm in. And then when you're in the studio or on set, it's a much more solitary experience. Both can serve me at different times in my life. And when I go back and forth from one to the other, it helps me appreciate all of them much better.
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I also believe that we have an extraordinary opportunity for the United States and European Union to lead the world in developing and implementing new and more efficient technologies - smart electrical grids and electrical vehicles.
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Honesty lies in understanding our close and necessary relationship with not wanting to hear the truth.
