William Davenant (D'Avenant) Quotes
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You don't have to be something to do something.
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The willingness and ability to live fully in the now eludes many people. While eating your appetizer, don't be concerned with dessert.
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I'm having a good time. Managing my things takes a lot of time.
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Death remains about the one certain fact in the lives of each one of us, and there will be suffering, sorrow, and sadness next week as there was last week.
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I think if you're everyone's cup of tea, that probably means you're a little bit boring, or you're not pushing yourself. Creativity happens where it's dangerous and scary: where you're not comfortable.
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Most mainstream male fiction is littered with heroines, and female characters are basically so great, you want to fall in love with them.
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I've been fortunate to be working mostly right out of school. Every year, there was a little something, and it kept the confidence going. It's about confidence and the belief.
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My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.
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International friendlies, they mean something, but what you want is to play on the biggest stage, play under the lights.
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At Oracle, silver medal is first loser.
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A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.
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I'm a fast learner. I may not run as fast as I used to, but I think I still learn as fast.
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My earlier exposure to physics certainly helped me in the use of biophysical techniques like crystallography, the use of computing, calculations, etc.
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I am a registered Democrat and two-time unsuccessful candidate for office.
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I had an addiction to sugar growing up - major, major, major.
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In general, I would say I'm probably a little more conscious of looking after my skin since I moved to L.A.
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British girls are really funny, so I definitely think we'd get along.
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I proved to myself that if I believe in something and set my mind to it I could actually accomplish it.
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One can never take the cynicism one comes across in life too seriously.
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Every ten years there is a new generation of actors.
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I did study Shakespeare, that was sort of my thing; I got a Literature A-level, which is my only claim to academic fame.
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One must choose between obscurity with efficiency, and fame with its inevitable collateral of bluff.
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W.H.R. Rivers is the Rider Haggard of anthropology; I shall be the Conrad.
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Fame, like the river, is narrowest where it is bred, and broadest afar off.
