Eric Davis Quotes
I don't want to be famous. I want to be secure. I don't want the world. I just want a piece of it. I want people to remember Eric Davis.
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I've never been able to understand what they mean by 'Pinteresque,'. I'm sure it's indefinable.
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A film is made in somebody's head - out of their determination to do it at all.
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Yeah, I have animosity, a chip on my shoulder. But I love, too.
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No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground.
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Some of the furor that surrounded a Harry Potter publication was fun.
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Drama school introduced me to a world I had no idea about. I wasn't brought up in a literary household at all.
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When I watch Rumble Johnson, he's a bully. He bullies guys. He makes them go backward, and he traps them. I'm not going to allow that. If he tries to bully me, I'll stand right in front of him, and if he hits me, I'll hit him right back. And then we'll see how the bully handles it when nobody is going to run away from him.
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I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.
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If you grew up in my generation, you're going to be influenced by Run DMC, the Beastie Boys and also listen to Metallica - it wasn't segregated anymore.
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Not long ago I made a list of Doc Ford books I would like to do, and I came up with 11 pretty easily. I like to let the characters go their own ways and see what happens. I find them fascinating.
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I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.
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The one thing I am now sure of is that if there is such a thing as destiny, it is a result of our passion, be that for money, power, or love. Passion, for better or worse.
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Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.
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Sometimes I'll have an idea for a story or have a subject, and that will inspire lyrics, but most of the time, hopefully, they already exist somewhere else.
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Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show.
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The first thing I do when I get to any town is find a gym and a breakfast place, because I love breakfast.
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The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.
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I've always tried to push myself technically and to push myself visually. That's been part of the journey.
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Well, everybody knew their character. I was the only one who didn't have a partner. I basically showed up when people got in trouble. Where I came from, I don't know. Nobody knows. But I would show up to help.
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Marriage requires searing honesty at all costs. I learned that from my third wife.
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Many times, when you do what I do or work in journalism in general, people try to not explicitly present their opinions on topics.
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We have a portion of our show where we ask everybody to get up and do the Temptation Walk. People 8 to 80 know how to do that Temptation Walk.
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It takes the fuel away from your endless, driving self-criticism. You will eventually be able to see more clearly that some things in life are less important than you had thought, and find it easier to let go of over-caring about them. You will find that the energy that they have been consuming can be used to treat yourself and the world more generously.
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I don't want to be famous. I want to be secure. I don't want the world. I just want a piece of it. I want people to remember Eric Davis.
