David Berman Quotes
Spend regularly and constantly two or three hours of the morning in study and retirement. I do not take upon me to prescribe what you shall employ yourself about. I only propose the passing two or three hours of the twenty-four in private.
Quotes to Explore
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Thus, in a sense, mathematics has been most advanced by those who distinguished themselves by intuition rather than by rigorous proofs.
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I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoughts. I think my family would have quite liked me to be a lawyer.
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I'm somewhat of a perfectionist, I think, and I strive for perfection.
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I want the BBC to be a mass market public service broadcaster still funded by the licence fee... and the licence fee is more durable than many people in the commercial sector believe.
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Law is the essential foundation of stability and order both within societies and in international relations.
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A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.
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To be with old friends is very warming and comforting.
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Being jealous of a beautiful woman is not going to make you beautiful.
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On stage, you can use your emotions. It's the place where you can channel them. They have a purpose.
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Meditation is difficult for many people because their thoughts are always on some distant object or place. One form of meditation is to label the thought as it appears and then choose to let it go.
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I actually got started in acting when I was in pre-school. I was really into dance and performing, so my mom had me in dance classes, and then I got involved in a local theater company.
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Life isn't fair, and it isn't government's job to make life fair. But if you're not willing to give up on yourself, then we shouldn't give up on you, either.
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Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.
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I've had a lot of luck. If I didn't I'd be washing bottles in Russia.
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I don't even like to be naked in front of myself!
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Anyone in public life who comes out, comes out primarily for themselves, and their life is immediately improved. That's what happened to me.
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The role of an actor is to make every character believable.
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I just am committed wholeheartedly to theatre with no intermission.
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I just love math and most people don't.
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Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns.
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Manners are like zero in arithmetic. They may not be much in themselves, but they are capable of adding a great deal of value to everything else.
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We were making new ones the second year. We were in syndication the second year. So we were on Saturday nights, prime time, every morning, and then they put it on Sunday evenings too. So it was all over the place.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs taught me pace and gave me a sense of action and adventure.
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Spend regularly and constantly two or three hours of the morning in study and retirement. I do not take upon me to prescribe what you shall employ yourself about. I only propose the passing two or three hours of the twenty-four in private.
