Daniel Day-Lewis Quotes
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I don't know in the world why anyone would consent to be a king, and never to be left to himself, but to be worried and wearied and interfered with from dark to daybreak and from morning to the fall of night.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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I never left doo wop.
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I'm the type of person, I have to study to get an A on the test.
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Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment.
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I used the diabetes as my weapon. Of course, I was only hurting myself and making myself sicker, but I guess it was something I had to go through. I never went overboard so much that I really hurt myself, but my early teenage years were very tough.
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I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment.
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I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.
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Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.
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Whether I'm speaking to conservative or liberal audiences, I don't find that people are close-minded about the things I say. I'm still optimistic that we can bridge a divide between these various bubbles. But I do think that it requires a little bit of effort.
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When I first wrote 'Papa Hemingway,' there were too many people still alive, and the lawyers for Random House didn't want to OK it. But now all that's been filtered away by the passage of all these people. And having the fortune of surviving, I now feel that I am the custodian of what Ernest wanted the world to know about him and these women.
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Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again.
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I was always taken in and out of school.
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I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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I am coming more and more to the conviction that the necessity of our geometry cannot be demonstrated, at least neither by, nor for, the human intellect.
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One thing I detest most about the financial press is the lack of accountability. All sorts of nonsense is said without penalty.
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When you come from a family of actors, people in show business, they really know to celebrate good news and to celebrate it hard because it's not every day that you get it.
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If a woman is worth remembering,' said my grandmother, 'there is no need to have her name carved in letters.
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Although it was hard to be traded, I have no hard feelings. I'm grateful to Dan Gilbert and the Cavs organization for 12 amazing years. I know I'm very fortunate. I'm leaving one great team and joining another. I can't wait to put on my new Warrior jersey.
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A lot of very popular mainstream artists are products of record companies and marketing companies, and any time anyone can stand outside of that, that's interesting.
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The best parties have always been at my house in Ibiza. They start with a bit of music and a barbecue by the pool.
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It didn't occur to me that it was possible to breathe life into Abraham Lincoln.
