David Hawkins Quotes
We have to cross the boundary between knowing and not knowing many times before we achieve understanding.
Quotes to Explore
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Well, one of my favorite ones to work on - besides just about any scene from 'Deadwood' - was my scene with Brad Pitt in 'Assassination of Jesse James'. That was just a fun day.
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
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To be under occupation, to be under siege, is not a good inspiration for poetry.
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Starting in the 1970s, American cars started to lose market share to foreign cars. It was clear what was happening - these better-made foreign car companies were encroaching on the U.S., and the U.S. car makers had less than half of their own country's market.
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In Edna, I created a satiric portrait of my hometown of Melbourne, a large provincial English city paradoxically in far Southeast Asia. She's a theatrical figure, related to vaudeville in some respects. She inhabits a world in which there are comparatively few female exponents of comedy.
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It's almost always possible to be honest and positive.
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I cannot compromise or inhibit my independence.
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My father was very chic. My mum was always encouraging me. Some parents would say, 'Why don't you be a lawyer, a doctor, or something more important?' They never said that.
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I have been very fortunate to coach marvellous teams, and it has been a great honour to work for Switzerland.
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...The reality is otherwise. Vicente Fox & friends are far closer than all but a few realize to making inevitable a North American Union where American sovereignty is dissipated and the republic is no more.
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Ita res accendent lumina rebus.
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One always treads with a joyful step when one has dropped the burden called the ego.
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II n'y a que les pauvres gens qui payent comptant. Ce n'est pas par vertu; c'est parce qu'on ne leur fait pas crédit.
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I loved Justice and Uffie and everyone signed to the label Ed Banger. They were really influential to me when first started making music.
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From my own perspective, I value productivity more than tradition, but the customs of the House evolve slowly.
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People always come up to me and say, 'you should do standup.' It's nice to discover things about yourself. That keeps everything lively and fun.
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Not many know that I'm a mountaineer, and my love for adventure will never die.
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Comedy prepared me for drama. There are a couple techniques you can think of. One of my acting teachers said that comedy is like ping-pong, and drama is tennis. You take things a bit slower, so you do get to breathe more and take some more time.
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I guess you shouldn't smoke cigarettes and not eat.
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One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.
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Hell, have I been a hell-raiser!
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Science has been quite embattled. It's the most important thing there is. An arts graduate is not going to fix global warming. They may do other valuable things, but they are not going to fix the planet or cure cancer or get rid of malaria.
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Ah well, I suppose it has come to this... Such is life.
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We have to cross the boundary between knowing and not knowing many times before we achieve understanding.
