Dave Parker Quotes
Drugs is a society problem. It ain't just isolated to sports or entertainment. There's people that are doing brain surgeries that probably have dabbled in drugs. There may be some, judges and lawyers involved in the case could have been involved. So it's a problem in all society.
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I know what feels good to eat and what doesn't. I try to err on the side of choices I know will leave me feeling more energized and ready to go, because it's always better to feel healthy.
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I believe that stories find writers, writers don't find stories. With the 'Pendragon' series, I actually had multiple story ideas and decided that instead of writing them individually, I would create a character whose journey would thread them all together.
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The kids from the streets don't want preaching or messages. They want what they can identify with. They want to hear about the reality of their situation, not fairy tales. They don't care if it's ugly; they just want reality.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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I still write in long hand. I type like a chimpanzee.
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Oh, I'm quite the impulse buyer. Most of what I buy is stuff for my Jeep, 'cause it breaks down a lot.
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I don't think I could ever give up music. It's what makes me tick. If there was no music, there would be no writing.
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We are the recipients of scientific method. We can each be a creative and active part of it if we so desire.
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Take the time today to understand your contribution to any bad event you've just been through.
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Brands who come to China, often they just care about price - so they actually drive the suppliers to cut corners on environmental standards to win a contract.
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I think music has gone through a period of something very severe, rather radical, rather the way painting did with cubism.
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What do you know? Haven't you heard of suspension of disbelief?
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Something that I think I figured out slowly was if you're playing a show and there's a chatter or there is, you know, a lot of noise - people talking or something - I was never the one whose instinct was to try to be louder than them.
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There was a time when I used to live in Spain that it went really crazy with drugs and stuff like that.
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They were very careful and kind. So careful and kind it was positively tactless and spiteful.
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I was in Africa Before the building of Rome. I came here To the remnant of Troy.
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The enemy of liberal capitalism today is not so much socialism as nihilism.
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Some companies use off-balance-sheet partnerships to raise money or to buy assets without ever telling their shareholders in their financial statements.
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And they understand that to be an effective member of a democracy, you have to accept responsibility.
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Time, flowing like a river Time, beckoning me Who knows when we shall meet again If ever But time Keeps flowing like a river To the sea
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I could probably make more money if I did more commercial projects.
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I think the must-have power qualities for a female or male power leader are really the ability to focus, to work hard, to be extremely goal oriented and to not let the noise and the nonsense interfere with your mission - what you really feel you want to do with your career and your life.
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Drugs is a society problem. It ain't just isolated to sports or entertainment. There's people that are doing brain surgeries that probably have dabbled in drugs. There may be some, judges and lawyers involved in the case could have been involved. So it's a problem in all society.
