Grace Martine Tandon (Daya) Quotes
I was invited to L.A. when I was 16 for a weekend-long songwriting session by a writer I had met through my voice teacher in Pittsburgh. My first hit, 'Hide Away,' was one of the songs written during those sessions. It was played for a radio rep who then started a new label; the song got a pretty organic start at radio and then took off.
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Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.
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I've been accused of wanting to allow terrorists to have weapons to attack America.
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The John Birch Society is not ultra-conservative, communist-hating, and racist as opponents paint it.
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During my second draft pass on my last book I made 20,000 words happen in a week, which is practically supernatural for me, and it would never have been possible without three nights in a hotel in my own city.
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In the Seventies, a lot of executions via electric chair failed because of technical problems. Seed tells the true story of someone who survived and sought revenge. They buried him alive to make it seem he was dead.
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I think that T.V. shows are more like working at a home. You know you're going to the same place every day, working with the same people, the same cast and crew. You're in a dressing room instead of a trailer, so I think that that's more of a normal sort of lifestyle.
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That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner.
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All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual. Your personal achievement starts in your mind. The first step is to know exactly what your problem, goal or desire is.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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I'm interested in all things that Donald Trump does. I've known him since 1980. He's a good man.
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There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.
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If you take shortcuts, you get cut short.
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I can write a program that lets you break the copy protection on a music file. But I can't write a program that solders new connections onto a chip for you.
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From the viewpoint of what you can do, therefore, languages do differ - but the differences are limited. For example, Python and Ruby provide almost the same power to the programmer.
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I love all the attention, people noticing me. 'There's the gymnast. There she is!'
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In terms of my career, I am glad about the steps and moves that I have made. Because I would not want to blame anyone else but myself if anything goes wrong.
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Through the wholesale destruction of the representatives of a class that from the beginning of history had been the directing and creative force in civilization, a process began which was almost mechanical.
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Entrepreneurs and rowers show characteristics of curiosity and wanting to learn.
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Everyone is related to Africa; everyone comes from Africa. We are all distant relatives.
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What I truly miss the most is having sufficient time to do all the things that need to be done around the house and for our friends.
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We weren't wearing shoes on a full-time basis until prom.
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But happiness is no respecter of persons.
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I learned never to listen to acting teachers because they don't know what the hell they're talking about.
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I was invited to L.A. when I was 16 for a weekend-long songwriting session by a writer I had met through my voice teacher in Pittsburgh. My first hit, 'Hide Away,' was one of the songs written during those sessions. It was played for a radio rep who then started a new label; the song got a pretty organic start at radio and then took off.
