Walter A. Davis Quotes
When a belief becomes dominant in American psychological circles one can be sure of one thing: that belief refers to something that no longer exists.
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For 120 minutes, 'Birdman' floats from comedy to surrealism to high drama to quiet brilliance. I felt so inspired by watching this movie. It reaches for the sky and never comes back down to earth.
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I haven't read a review of one of my films for the best part of 10 years.
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To me, there's no point in writing merely to entertain.
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I would prefer to have a more appealing job. If I could still change careers, I would prefer it. This unfortunate art is made for long beards and ugly faces rather than for a relatively well-endowed woman.
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Being brave enough to just be unapologetic for who you are, that's a goddess.
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As long as I have a heartbeat, I'm fine. So I just do what I love, and I do it the best that I can. And if it all goes away, I'll just start over.
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I'm worried a lot of our work day as artists is a producer's creation - not an artist's creation.
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I have had a few turning points, the first day I entered a gymnastics school at age 6.
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Although one is not inclined to be timid or nervous, it is nevertheless a trifle depressing to receive letters full of expostulation and entreaty: 'If you are determined to commit suicide, why not come home and do so in a quiet lady-like manner?'
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The man with a clear conscience probably has a poor memory.
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Intellectual generalities are always interesting, but generalities in morals mean absolutely nothing.
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Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken.
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Any virus that's been sequenced today - that genome can be made.
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A positive state of mind is not merely good for you, it benefits everyone with whom you come into contact, literally changing the world.
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If we got there and we looked up and we said, "You know what? Black folks are still doing a little bit worse off than whites, but it's not like it was 20 years ago," then we can have a discussion about how do we get that last little bit. But that's a high-class problem to have.
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What I see of the US Presidential elections from down here makes me want to disengage from that particular reality and just hole up and read. It's true. I think if I were living in the US, I would just turn my television and radio off for a year right now, and just read.
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At least I can say that I'm honest.
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Behind each thing a shadow lies; Beauty hath e'er its cost: Within the moonlight-flooded skies How many stars are lost!
