David Gray Quotes
I don't know what I want, but I know what I don't want: I don't want to just repeat myself.

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Hamas says in its charter they want to see a world without Israel. They want to obliterate Israel.
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When you're a producer and an artist you're very critical of yourself. I like to produce other people, but I'm not that good at producing myself.
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I think of myself as a cover girl. But I would never do some kind of cheesy magazine.
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I chose to present myself as one who comes from among the people, and I can be touched by their pain because I have my own.
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When I was 16, I filmed an episode of 'Full House' where my family goes to Disney World. I remember putting on baggy overalls just to hide my stomach. When I watched it, I was pretty disappointed and bummed out looking at myself... I didn't feel good about my own body.
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I base myself in African-derived music. Blues is one of the modern forms of African music.
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Obviously, you want to honour the sound of your music, but I'm definitely open to trying new things and making myself use a different palette of sounds.
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The only thing I'd ever wanted in my life was to be a major-league ballplayer, but I had to admit to myself that I wasn't good enough. It broke my heart.
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At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.
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I always have plans to return to the stage. I leave myself very open. I think what would be more likely is if I did a limited run of something, whether it be a play or a musical.
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When it comes to the personal essays I write, I just convince myself that no one will ever read them.
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I don't ever want to do stuff just for the sake of it.
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If you are a researcher and want to publish a paper, if you are applying for money either from a private or public foundation, you have to have a DSM code.
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Do what you really want to do. That's why God put you on this earth.
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I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less.
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I don't wear a bikini on the beach. I walk around my house in pyjamas. I haven't seen myself naked in the mirror for probably a decade. I'm very prudish.
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I want to see more Asian. I want to see more Latin. I want more Indian. There's more than Mindy Kaling out there, guys! There's more than Bai Ling.
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As a storyteller, when you're writing a movie and when you're directing, you want to keep people entertained. That's the whole point, right? It has to be entertaining.
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I used to comfort myself when I became an actor that it was a useful job, entertaining people. And it was important to do it as well as you possibly can.
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You can be anything you want, but when you go against who you are inside, it doesn't feel good.
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My husband and I don't have sons, so we never had to ask ourselves how we'd have felt about them playing football.
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We use the term 'fight' very lightly - 'I've been fighting so hard to get my car, I've been fighting so hard to get that job, I've been fighting so hard to get that girl.' But the reality is boxers do fight bitterly to get whatever they want or whatever they need in life, and most of them come from nothing, which is the case of Roberto Duran.
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The ADA allows persons with disabilities the opportunity to participate in the world around them.
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I don't know what I want, but I know what I don't want: I don't want to just repeat myself.