W. H. Davies Quotes

When I had money, money, O! I knew no joy till I went poor; For many a false man as a friend Came knocking all day at my door.

W. H. Davies

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• When you see the audiences and the smiling faces at the shows it really makes up for the work that you put in. I have a job I really love so whatever hecticness comes up - I'll just deal with it.

  

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• If I present a boring personal life to my readers, it's going to be harder for them to think of my novels as thrilling.

  

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• People love my collard greens. They love my macaroni and cheese. They love the gumbo. They love my Jamaican jerk or my Jamaican curry chicken. They love the jerk, though. And they love my Mexican food.

  

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• I have my life on a track that I want it on, and I don't want to get off.

  

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• People come up to me in bars and on street corners and they say to me, 'Hey, Paulsen, have you got any change?'

  

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• I once went into a meeting, and every woman put her a million-pound bag on the table. Then I'm there with my tote bag and anorak. And I'm like, well, I'm still the most important person in the room right now.

  

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• I guess some people are brilliant enough to be brilliant on their own and never doubt anything and come up with fabulous things. But I think it's good to get into arguments with people and have them say, 'That sucks' or 'You're crazy' or 'That's cheesy' or 'What do you think of this?'

  

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• Disasters redistribute money from taxpayers to construction workers, from insurance companies to homeowners, and even from those who once lived in the destroyed city to those who replace them. It's remarkable that this redistribution can happen so smoothly and quickly, with devastated regions reinventing themselves in a matter of months.

  

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• When I had money, money, O! I knew no joy till I went poor; For many a false man as a friend Came knocking all day at my door.

  

  W. H. Davies
  • Men
  • Money
  • Friend