David de Kretser Quotes
There is no doubt in my mind that this is the greatest problem confronting mankind at this time and that it has reached the level of a state of emergency.
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There is no need to change my image. I like my image, and the audience likes it, too. I am very comfortable with the kind of roles I do, and as I am not doing the same character or playing myself. I explore my characters; I don't brood over my broody image.
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We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.
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What can you do if a part of it is uphill? You can't work out another route. You've just got to run the one they give you. But they tell me London is a nice course. Even the cobbles, I hope, are not very much of a problem for me.
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I doubt God would want to touch America's tax code, since it is already located in the third rung of Hell.
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I grew up believing that my parents helped change the world. I was so in awe of them, and I wondered how I could measure up. I mean, how do you change the world - again?
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For a movie, you have to make sure the lyrics are consistent with the rhythm that is given to you. But, at times, during the song's recording, you find out that your words are not appropriate for the track, and so you have to change them.
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The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
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We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
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Both of my parents had a change of career. My mum was a nurse, and now she's a college lecturer.
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Maybe in music you're making an auditory environment and maybe you change your environment around you to suit your own way.
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In the '80s and '90s, China went through a giant change. It needed all resources. At the time, I was in the recycled paper business, and I realized the China market was a blank slate.
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As soon as science has solved one problem, new ones arise. This is the essence of science, and it applies, of course, also to the field of essential oils.
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I credit my mom with inspiring in me a love of design, matched by her creative problem-solving abilities. This is a woman who could find an old, discarded piece of furniture, bring it home and turn it into something fabulous.
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We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus; but our ideas about Santa Claus change, mature and become more nuanced, whereas our ideas of God can remain at a rather infantile level.
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If someone is not treating you in a way that you like, remember that there are so many nice people out there. The problem is that when you love someone, you make excuses for that kind of behavior.
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We just can't change the rules if we don't like the results.
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Nobody sets out to break new ground. I think change comes when people have no other choice.
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I do tend to play characters that have a lot of costume and hair change. I sort of like the change of physicality thing.
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But, no, I don't think there will be any kind of problem as far as setting up to be competitive, but you've got to get it right if you want to be the first one across the line.
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I can't change something that I've been all my life. But I can work to express myself and talk more.
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Well, the infrastructure part of the stimulus has worked. There's absolutely no question about it. We can demonstrate in Pennsylvania and other states around the union how it's produced good, paying jobs both on the construction sites and back in American factories. It has worked.
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If you live long enough, lots of nice things happen.
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There is no doubt in my mind that this is the greatest problem confronting mankind at this time and that it has reached the level of a state of emergency.
