David Keirsey Quotes
Artisans ought to be enjoyed for what they are instead of condemned for what they are not, something that can also be said of the other three temperaments.
Quotes to Explore
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All of the philosophers I studied were white (with a few Eastern exceptions), and, for that matter, they were all male. Africa, the cradle of civilization, seemed to have no footing in the highest form of human thought.
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It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.
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I enjoy doing new tunes. It gives me a little bit to perk up, to pay a little bit more attention.
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I'm trying my best.
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I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
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I really love Miami, but I don't think the architecture matches the city. It's a bit too commercial.
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As a child, I had lived many years in Southampton and sang in the choir of the Dune Church.
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I've always wanted to play Maria in West Side Story. My idol is Natalie Wood, and I love the movie, so I think a modern-day twist on it would be really neat.
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This is a world in which reasons are made up because reality is too painful.
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I put my thoughts in a book, which must mean I don't want anyone to read them.
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College isn't in everyone's hearts. I am living proof, though, that school doesn't mess up your plans. It gives you more experiences to write about.
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'Big Bang Theory' is not my kind of show. It's not my humor. I don't like multicam comedies. I don't want an audience to tell me when to laugh.
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What doesn't feel okay to me, what feels a little bit out of balance, is when you want to turn yourself into something else – when you want to be another person.
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If India has to achieve exponential growth, it would have to be on the back of strong growth in the manufacturing sector.
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When I'm on Faro, I'm never lonely.
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My first job entailed spending a summer working in a cornfield in Nebraska.
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People do ask me if I think I can make it in the States.
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I definitely have a little attraction to bad guys, but they have to be sweethearts underneath. After all, I like to be treated well.
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When I read something, I picture that scene in that detail. That becomes very similar to composing a photo in real life.
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If people are going to spend a night out at the theatre, they don't just want 'good' - we can watch box sets for that - they want it to be totally remarkable.
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The more vile the thing that's said about me, the less it affects me. It doesn't bother me at all.
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People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery, to imagine themselves, for a few minutes anyway, free and happy.
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I remember as a kid being really scared of the Smurfs.
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Artisans ought to be enjoyed for what they are instead of condemned for what they are not, something that can also be said of the other three temperaments.
