W. H. Davies Quotes
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'
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All truly historical peoples have an idea they must realize, and when they have sufficiently exploited it at home, they export it, in a certain way, by war; they make it tour the world.
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I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
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I can play a bunch of instruments but drums? My brother's a drummer and I've always been jealous that he's such a good drummer. I always try to play but it's always kinda just bashing. I can keep time but no one really wants to hear me play drums.
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I was a big fan of Indiana Jones; then I realized he was kind of a fake hero. The real heroes are the people who work hard and do their stuff right, like firefighters and policemen.
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Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.
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You're going to have some ups and downs, so you have to prepare yourself to be ready. Those down moments come.
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One of the rules of the road is that if you want to create the sense of silence, it frequently has more pungency if you include the tiniest of sounds. By manipulating what you hear and how you hear it and what other things you don't hear, you can not only help tell the story, you can help the audience get into the mind of the character.
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Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.
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In the hands of a passive-aggressive person who wants to abdicate responsibility for things, texting is a great tool. You can really go nuts.
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I think there's something really poetic about using nuclear power to propel us to the stars, because the stars are giant fusion reactors. They're giant nuclear cauldrons in the sky.
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If God is not sending earthquakes, destroying economies and inflicting pain upon human beings, what is God doing? God works through people, calling them to help their neighbors in need. God comforts His people, walking with them even 'through the valley of the shadow of death.'
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I'm not in this sport to say a guy can beat me.
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We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself.
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I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized.
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Lincoln emancipated nobody. The man freed not a single slave.
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Koranic teaching still insists that the sun moves around the earth. How can we advance when they teach things like that?
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I just love to be on my skis, skiing with my friends, just going out into the mountains and being in nature and skiing some powder. That's the best thing.
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Each day we choose to live the legacy we want to leave.
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Those in whom the Spirit comes to live are God's new Temple. They are, individually and corporately, places where heaven and earth meet.
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I'm just very body-conscious. Sometimes I'm really proud that I don't look like other pop stars. But there's also moments where I'm like, 'Ugh, I wish I had abs like Bieber.'
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Plans never go well for me. I just live every day like I ain't gonna live the next one.
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Go you and, with such glorious hues,Live with proud peacocks in green parks.
