Jack Davenport Quotes
Before my son was born, I use to tell people that I was looking forward to no longer being the star of my own movie; then Harry came along, and it was like, 'Whoa, I'm really not!'
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I have to protect myself because people think that because you come into 25 million homes every week, they know you. I walk the line between being gracious and being rude.
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She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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The idea of modernity is beginning to lose its vitality. It is losing it because modernity is no longer a critical attitude but an accepted, codified convention.
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The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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I'm mostly drawn to narratives that are difficult for me to visualize.
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All novels attempt to cut neural routes through the brain, to convince us that down this road the true future of the novel lies.
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I love bayou life.
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If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.
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Today the financial market is no good, but the money is there.
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You cannot govern, you cannot administrate, with an ignoramus.
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I grew up in war and saw the United Nations help my country to recover and rebuild. That experience was a big part of what led me to pursue a career in public service. As Secretary-General, I am determined to see this organization deliver tangible, meaningful results that advance peace, development and human rights.
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My family is from Nigeria, and my full name is Uzoamaka, which means 'The road is good.'
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The integrity of the federal procurement system needs to be protected so that the public has confidence in government contracts, and small businesses have every opportunity to compete.
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At its core, banking is not simply about profit, but about personal relationships.
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I can't cook to save my life.
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As a little kid, I watched hip hop get created. So it's an honour for me to represent the Bronx, the motherland of hip hop.
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The first time I did a school play was the first time I felt I was good at anything at all. I just loved it.
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I was a fat child; I was asthmatic. No wonder I'm a hypochondriac.
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Music is a language and different people who come along are each using that language to do something different, but all coming at it in a similar vein inasmuch as it's always community based and for the most part nonprofit. Most bands don't ever come within a mile of profit - clearly these people are not playing music to make money.
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Once you get rid of the idea that you must please other people before you please yourself, and you begin to follow your own instincts - only then can you be successful. You become more satisfied, and when you are, other people will tend to be satisfied by what you do.
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Before my son was born, I use to tell people that I was looking forward to no longer being the star of my own movie; then Harry came along, and it was like, 'Whoa, I'm really not!'
