Dave Beard Quotes
Before men ever wrote in clay they cast their words in verse and line, rythymbound in poets' minds, defying time and age.
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Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work.
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I never really learned photography.
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Focus on the long term, and always do what's right to grow the company and not make short-term decisions. And outlast everyone one.
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Today we try to identify a gene and then study its properties.
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Yes, I've been in an igloo. They're surprisingly cozy and warm - small, though, you can't really stand up in some.
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Free Tibet before free trade.
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Sometimes you think you aren't a good mama; you always feel a bit guilty when you're a mom. You want to be everywhere.
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When I first came to Hollywood, I could not break into movies.
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It's not refreshing where there is confusion or any kind of discomfort in a group that has to work that closely together.
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I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a sense of humor.
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I wasn't brought up with any religion, actually.
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A man of pleasure is a man of pains.
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From a distance he had the bland aspect of a philanthropist.
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It's always good to have no expectations when you see a film. Then you can be pleasantly disappointed or surprised.
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I've never seen an obese person who has said, 'I am well in my mind.' Happiness stops food being a compensation.
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Most writers I know go for word counts, and I used to be a journalist, so I guess that's ingrained.
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As a child growing up in World War II, I was very moved and stirred by what was going on, but I distanced myself from history. I regarded history as just one more subject.
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For thousands of years, human beings have been obsessed with beauty, truth, love, honor, altruism, courage, social relationships, art, and God. They all go together as subjective experiences, and it's a straw man to set God up as the delusion. If he is, then so is truth itself or beauty itself.
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The most ominous of fallacies - the belief that things can be kept static by inaction
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I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.
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What is the politically correct term for 'retarded'?""I think the words you're fishing for are 'mentally disabled.' And no. I'm not mentally disabled.
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The words come. Usually, it's a long time before they come. And then when they start to come, it doesn't take so long for it to be finished. It takes a long time to begin. And then it sort of gets finished.
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To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
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Before men ever wrote in clay they cast their words in verse and line, rythymbound in poets' minds, defying time and age.
