Eric Davis Quotes
It takes a lot of energy to be negative. You have to work at it. But smiling is painless. I'd rather spend my energy smiling.
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Our children will outwit us if they want; for when it comes to technology, they hold the higher ground. Unlike other tools passed carefully and ceremonially from one generation to the next - the sharp scissors, the car keys - this is one they understand better than we do.
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At college, I wanted to be a poet. I liked the extremely concentrated language, the atmosphere of otherworldliness.
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I will, proudly and by preference, do at least one picture a year for King Brothers, and I will try to make it the best picture that I have it in me to do.
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I don't think I've ever sent a text to Gordon Brown because I'm confident that he would absolutely have no idea how to receive it. He barely managed to master WordPerfect 4.1.
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I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems!
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Everything with me is pretty close to the surface, but having kids has completely ruined my emotional equilibrium.
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Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.
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Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today.
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
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Well, yes, as I was a rather bad actor then and I wasn't making enough money, I thought, to make enough money to not make money as an actor, I'd better do some writing.
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Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the others because you are not bringing the same voice to every book. I think that keeps you alive as a writer.
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I am deeply immersed in my medical work, and it can get very intense, but I believe that the connection and devotion is key. You can not work on diseases as devastating and deadly as Lassa and Ebola without complete trust and respect for the individuals with whom you work. My lab and colleagues are just extraordinary, and we are a family.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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There is so much to be gained from investing more time in what we eat. Buying fresh ingredients means knowing where your food comes from and what's in it.
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Maybe I should write 'Tiger Who?' on my cap.
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Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.
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I have a Rhodesian Ridgeback dog named Lola.
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Netflix is something I watch.
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It is my passion to direct movies.
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This has taught me that being pleasant is always so much more productive, for I know well the rewards for being good-natured.
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You can't hire someone to practice for you.
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I don't know why people are so surprised by my live performances.
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The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time.
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It takes a lot of energy to be negative. You have to work at it. But smiling is painless. I'd rather spend my energy smiling.
