H. E. Davey Quotes
Genuine goodness isn't discovered through postponement but must exist now or not at all. It cannot be based on what is not. We must find it in what is and what we truly see.
Quotes to Explore
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I think there's always a line between what is parody in good fun in chanting and what is intended to belittle certain segments of society.
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I wanted to study to be a dental hygienist, marry a rich dentist, and hang it up.
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Don't try to guess what it is people want and give it to them. Don't ask for a show of hands. Try your best to write what you like, what you think your friends would like and what you think your father would like and then cross your fingers... The most valuable thing you have is your own voice.
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I am not one of these guys who works job after job after job.
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It is totally unacceptable that there are countries with no paediatric cardiac surgeries.
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I love ensemble work. I love making pieces and building things together.
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The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.
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Obviously, I love country music, so I wanna be able to live in the country music genre and then play to country music fans.
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No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.
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Where would we be without inhibitions? They're quite useful things when you look at some of the things humans do if they lose them.
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I believe as musicians and artists we have an obligation to our souls. What that is? Only each one of us knows. I can speak for myself and say my obligation is to be happy. When I'm happy, I make great music. When I'm unhappy and my heart is broken, I may make brokenhearted music, but it still sounds good.
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When we fled from the oppressions of kings and parliaments in Europe, to found this great Republic in America, we brought with us the laws and the liberties, which formed a part of our heritage as Britons.
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No one wants to hear my perspective on politics, but I think honestly as you get older, you get more interested in it.
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I'm not somebody who is going to build something for a few years, sell it, and then go off and just have fun.
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Bro, how are you going to tap on the neck, on the choke? Go to sleep, man. Be a man.
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Some of my clothes are things that we'd play dress up with when we were little, and it's funny that now I'm wearing it, like, as an everyday thing. But if I say 'vintage' or 'thrifted' on the blog, there's this community of fashion bloggers, and I've become sort of tight with some of them, and we, like, just send each other packages.
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If you are a professional, the speed with which you react to a potential problem separates the men from the boys.
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It felt amazing to be one of a handful working female directors in Hollywood.
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I wasn't good at sports and I needed a way to make girls like me.
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It's the people who love us or hate us - or both - who hold together the thousands of fragments we are made of.
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Intrinsic to the concept of a translator's fidelity to the effect and impact of the original is making the second version of the work as close to the first writer's intention as possible. A good translator's devotion to that goal is unwavering. But what never should be forgotten or overlooked is the obvious fact that what we read in a translation is the translator's writing. The inspiration is the original work, certainly, and thoughtful literary translators approach that work with great deference and respect, but the execution of the book in another language is the task of the translator, and that work should be judged and evaluated on its own terms. Still, most reviewers do not acknowledge the fact of translation except in the most perfunctory way, and a significant majority seem incapable of shedding light on the value of the translation or on how it reflects or illuminates the original.
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Prayer lays hold of God's plan and becomes the link between His will and its accomplishment on earth. Amazing things happen, and we are given the privilege of being the channels of the Holy Spirit's prayer.
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Genuine goodness isn't discovered through postponement but must exist now or not at all. It cannot be based on what is not. We must find it in what is and what we truly see.
