Dave Beard Quotes
Many years ago I resolved never to bother with New Year's resolutions, and I've stuck with it ever since.
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I never took a grant or borrowed a penny from anybody. It was partially because I didn't really know how to do that, but secondly, my pride never would have allowed me to. In the beginning it was about doing it the right way, on the merits of the music.
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There's no doubt I was a bit of a misfit in the Hollywood of the forties. The race for glamour left me far behind. I didn't really want to keep up. I wanted my stardom without the usual trimmings. Because of this, I was branded a rebel at the very least. But I don't regret that for a minute. My appetite was my own and I simply wouldn't have it any other way.
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I come from an overly confident place. But I'm overconfident because of feelings of inferiority.
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And as for you, stop having curly hair!
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The media establishment senses that the boats are coming and it has taken it upon itself to stand on those beaches and do everything it can to shoot the soldiers on the boats. They know the beaches will be taken.
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Babies aren't really born of their parents. They are born of every kind word, loving gesture, hope, and dream their parents ever had.
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He who accounts all things easy will have many difficulties.
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No displeasure, even of the dearest friends, can put me off the duty I see clearly in front of me.
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Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing.
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You do not lament the loss of hair of one who has been beheaded.
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Bologna is celebrated for producing popes, painters, and sausage.
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She was stronger alone.
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I am troubled, immeasurably by your eyes. I am struck by the feather of your soft reply. The sound of glass speaks quick, disdain and conceals what your eyes fight to explain.
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Faith is like private capital, stored in one's own house. It is like a public savings bank or loan office, from which individuals receive assistance in their days of need; but here the creditor quietly takes his interest for himself.
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I used to think I preferred getting old to the alternative, but now I'm not sure. Sometimes the momotony of bingo and sing-alongs and ancient dusty people parked in the hallway in wheelchairs makes me long for death. Particularly when I rememver that I'm one of the ancient dusty people, filed away like some worthless tchotchke.
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"I don't know," I said. "What else did you do for your first eighteen years?" "Like I said," he said as I unlocked the car, "I'm not so sure that you should go by my example." "Why not?" "Because I have my regrets," he said. "Also, I'm a guy. And guys do different stuff." "Like ride bikes?" I said. "No," he replied. "Like have food fights. And break stuff. And set off firecrackers on people's front porches. And..." "Girls can't set off firecrackers on people's front porches?" "They can," he said... "But they're smart enough not to. That's the difference."
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Environmental problems, unemployment - all these issues cannot be resolved alone. They require at least European, possibly even broader, solutions.
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When people have been traumatized, they are stuck in paralysis-the immobility reaction or abrupt explosions of rage.
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Having a baby takes so much from you. It's the most glorious thing you'll ever do, but the aftermath is not so glorious!
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I think the condition is perfect. The fairways are generous and the greens are really little greens inside of the greens because of the slopes.
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Many years ago I resolved never to bother with New Year's resolutions, and I've stuck with it ever since.
