David Henry Quotes
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I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised.
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.
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I'm proud of the fact that I was able to overcome long odds.
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Citizens of India, Pakistan, and Kashmir need to come together and make music.
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No design is possible until the materials with which you design are completely understood
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There is a hate layer of opinion and emotion in America. There will be other McCarthys to come who will be hailed as its heroes.
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We talked this morning and he said it felt good. That's also when he told me he would be back for next season.
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There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness.
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One always begins to forgive a place as soon as it's left behind.
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Any foolish boy can stamp on a beetle, but all the professors in the world cannot make a beetle.
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I’m the Bernie Madoff of this spider.
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Rat is a lot like duck, except with a wonderfully nutty flavor.
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The BBC is almost certainly the best news organisation in the world – the most serious, comprehensive, ethical, accurate, international, wide-ranging, fair and impartial.
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Central planning doesn't work. A little bit of it is a drag. A lot is fatal.
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No two journeys are alike. Nobody can pretend to know the journey another person takes to achieve his dreams.
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Probably the biggest story was when I got married in '61.
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We also knew [ me and Ewan McGregor] that, on a practical level, if there was going to be that much sex in the film [Young Adam] - which there clearly had to be because sex is the meat and potatoes of the thing - it had to be varied for the audience, because it's important to keep the audience living in it.
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I knew a homeless guy who'd give all the copper coins that people gave him to charity. So I think there's something that makes us want to give. For me, it's quite a selfish luxury: you feel enlivened, deepened and self-nurtured by generosity.
