Dorothy Salisbury Davis Quotes
I don't approve the informality in the world today, Mr. James. It's made strangers of us all.
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I don't think I have a signature.
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Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer whose skill is improved by a deadline: the more time he has, the worse he writes.
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I believe in the power of intention to change the landscape of our society - and it is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action. Jamey Rodemeyer's life changed mine.
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One of the most interesting things about science fiction and fantasy is the way that the genres can offer different perspectives on matters to do with the body, the mind, medical technology, and the way we live our lives.
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I was a very focused kid. I always had this crazy lifestyle... billions of jobs, two hours of gymnastics every day, handball, anything with a ball, really. I must have had ADHD or something. I was very energetic, and very small. I didn't start growing until the last year of high school.
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The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
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Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
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Whatever the situation at hand, that's what I'm dealing with and trying to be true to it in that moment.
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I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
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I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.
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Rarely in broadcasting history has so much been riding on the whimsical flick of a few thousand wrists.
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I used to come up with these crazy jobs to try and provoke my parents but they said, 'You can be anything you want.' So I was like, 'I want to be a garbage man' and they were like 'That's OK, we'll still love you!'
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Information of fundamental importance to the general problem of atomic structure has resulted from systematic studies of the cosmic radiation carried out by the Wilson cloud-chamber method.
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This is my trademark: I rip my T-shirt. I'm into the whole showing-a-bit-of-chest-hair thing.
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Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one.
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Give news a little more time, and don't request that they also, in their news time, entertain. We're not entertainers. We're journalists. And we need more time to do our job well.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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I don't want to collect Indian art, though pots and beadwork and blankets made by Indians remain the most beautiful art objects in the American West, in my opinion.
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I think I approach pressure by having discipline and learning to be calm in everyday life. I do this with a daily mindfulness practice and commitment.
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Sometimes your whole life boils down to one insane move.
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The criterion for what is good is based on whether it relieves someone, brings joy, or soothes a distress.
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The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to conventionality.
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As many critics have pointed, out, terrorism is not an enemy. It is a tactic. Because the United States itself has a long record of supporting terrorists and using terrorist tactics, the slogans of today's war on terrorism merely makes the United States look hypocritical to the rest of the world.
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I don't approve the informality in the world today, Mr. James. It's made strangers of us all.
