W. H. Davies Quotes
I like to see a good scientific bout by men who know the use of their hands but would rather walk twenty miles than see animals in strife.
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Team synergy has an extraordinary impact on business results.
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What's true for churches is true for other institutions: the older and more organized they get, the less adaptable they become. That's why the most resilient things in our world - biological life, stock markets, the Internet - are loosely organized.
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Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.
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I think my numbers speak for themselves.
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I never smoked. I never drank and I never took drugs. The funny thing is, nothing is more boring, people like this. For me, it's OK. But most of my friends, at least they smoke and drink.
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Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and degrees - as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life.
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Writing is not like acting, where you can pull these little stunts that create a particular effect. Words are all it is about, and the way you use words has to be individual and particular to you.
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I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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I don't really care that much about eating. But I like impressing people with how good a cook I am. So I will cook. I'm an excellent cook. Not many people know that about me.
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Twenty percent of students in Israel's schools are haredim; another 20% are retired; another 20% are Arab. I have no problem with any of them.
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Every change in a team can turn into an opportunity for players to show themselves.
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I've sort of been an anthropologist of modern America, in a non-academic way. Whether it's Marines or Tupperware salesladies, high end audiophiles or bike couriers, I'm fascinated by the hallmarks of the American tribe.
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I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.
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I like to escape; I like to write when I go on a walk - I'm kind of very fairy that way. I get inspired by the wind. Or when I daydream, that's when I write.
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When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved.
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There is no buzz like performing for a live audience.
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I usually take a two-hour nap from one to four.
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My relationship with fashion is playful and very expressive of what I'm feeling at the time.
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These men both publicly and privately have done so much for me. Without Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick I would be living in a little motel just around the corner here, trying to make ends meet.
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There's nothing particularly physical that I find attractive in a man. It's men with a passion for something that I find attractive.
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No matter how old you become, I'll always hold your hand tenderly. just like how I held it on the day that you were born. I love you, son.
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I like to see a good scientific bout by men who know the use of their hands but would rather walk twenty miles than see animals in strife.
