Dave Wakeling Quotes
An America we can be proud of, rather than an America to be embarrassed of. You know it's a sign, when you see American backpackers traveling abroad with Canadian flags on their packs!
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So when I'm working out I do things extreme.
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Proteins are constantly being degraded. Therefore, simultaneous production of proteins is required.
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I was never a big fashion person, and so I'm sure I wore whatever. I was growing, and so I just wore whatever clothes that weren't that expensive and made sense at the time. But I'm sure that I look back and say, 'What was I thinking?' My adolescence was more in the '80s, and that's more my cross to bear.
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Many a time I have wanted to stop talking and find out what I really believed.
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Texas has waited too long for a governor who knows that quid pro quo shouldn't be the status quo. It's time for a governor who believes that you don't have to buy a place in Texas' future.
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I was very happy in Bombay. I was good at school. There was no reason to change anything. I suppose it must have been some spirit of adventure, of wanting to see the world.
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When you're married to someone famous, people know you, but they're not really seeing you.
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Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take up the sock again.
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I start lighting pine-scented candles the day after Halloween.
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I saw a drummer play once when I was a kid and I thought, that's really cool. You know, you're moving. You're using your arms and fingers. So I tried it and I loved it.
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I am normally the manly-ish girl on the planet.
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Many writers secretly long to be performers. You always get the 'if you weren't a writer' question. I would be a back-up singer, to stand in the back and go like 'do, do, do.'
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What if these events the Bible says will happen, happens in our lifetime?
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As I've grown as an artist, I've gotten more and more in touch with my center, and that center is voice and guitar.
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Use your voice on the local level where it has the potential to be more widely heard.
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Eating vegetarian doesn't mean you have to eat boring, humdrum dishes.
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Be wary of cutting and pasting research nuggets directly into your manuscript.
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I don't read my own reviews and I haven't for probably 15 years. I read other people's reviews, though.
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I have heard Obama officials say more than once, 'You will have blood on your hands if you publish this story.'
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Unless the theatre can ennoble you, make you a better person, you should flee from it.
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A great many people in this country are worried about law-and-order. And a great many people are worried about justice. But one thing is certain; you cannot have either until you have both.
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What I admire is people who are grounded and resistant to all kinds of whisperings. Kimi Raikkonen, for example. You may like him or not, but he lives his way. He does the things he has identified as worthy for him and he is not trying to be everybody’s darling. At least he doesn’t give that impression. He is straightforward and honest and he tells you if he has a bad day. Period. He is real. He’s not political. He’s never up to something. If he doesn’t want to tell you something he will say so and not hum and haw. He doesn’t beat around the bush, never coming to the point.
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An America we can be proud of, rather than an America to be embarrassed of. You know it's a sign, when you see American backpackers traveling abroad with Canadian flags on their packs!
