David Gray Quotes
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I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs itself.
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It always surprises me when donors who operate successful businesses assume that just building a school structure means that a community now has access to education. When creating a business, does renting an office space now mean that you're producing goods, training staff and generating revenues?
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I'm doing my best to mindfully raise my son to feel safe and encouraged to express himself.
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When you live in L.A., it is easy to stay fit, as the weather is amazing.
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I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.
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I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.
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Whenever I see the Hong Kong flag is flying in the sky, not because of anybody else, because of my efforts, I think it's the most proud time of my life.
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We are in a world that is quite extremist and extremism makes more noise. Normality does not sell.
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Because I was so quiet, my father let me spend hours and hours next to him while he would sketch. Everyone else was always asking things from him. I wasn't asking anything. I was just happy to be there.
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I haven't been hit since Leon Spinks hit me in '92.
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The American president has a peculiar leadership responsibility to speak out for freedom.
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My first novel was turned down by half a dozen publishers. And even after having published five or six books, I wasn't making enough money to live on, and was beginning to think I'd have to give up the dream of being a full-time writer.
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People stopped me on the street and said 'I can't live up to you.' Of course, they're referring to June Cleaver.
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I drive a big Dodge truck. I drive American cars.
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All women have insecurities and bad times. What counts is how you overcome them.
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There have never been so many women in the music industry, but they're doing ballads and pop. Where's the new Joan Jetts and the Wanda Jacksons and the Debbie Harrys, all these strong women? I wanna be the woman that rocks.
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True love that lasts forever... yes, I do believe in it. My parents have been married for 40 years and my grandparents were married for 70 years. I come from a long line of true loves.
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I've probably got lots of heroes. One is a chap called Charles Campbell - he is a wonderful chap. We cooked together in a nightclub in Notting Hill. He told me brilliant stories of food and life and generally put me on the right track.
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When I'm alone in my hotel room in some foreign place, I feel very lonely. Then I tuck into my favourite chocolate - Chuckles or Whispers - for some comfort.
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When I am doing music, I sometimes become over compulsive to 'always make some new music'. I think I am like this because I sense what others are perceiving me as. If I work extraordinarily hard because of these expectations, I will, but I just cannot produce the good music that I want.
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I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains or do any other kind of adventurous stuff.
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We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
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I love flying and kind of just fascinated with it, and to fly something like an F-22 would be a blast.
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That's what music is for me. It's a place to go to.
