David Lavender Quotes
At the dawn of the 19th century, the country was awakening to its enormous scope and variety.
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I'm encouraging other people, whether they're professionals or not, to use their creativity to express themselves, to get a conversation going, to get the party started, really.
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I watch the news, which is its own reality show. I love 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' I love it because it's funny and because I realize that I'm happier than Larry David.
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My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.
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Write for yourself. That's it. And write every day.
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Sure, I've been a victim, but in retrospect, most of it has been of my own making. I allowed it to happen.
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This is a world in which reasons are made up because reality is too painful.
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He is very upbeat but we hear that all the time from just about any athlete.
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Instead of asking God to remove our problems so that our lives might be happy, we must purposefully try to learn as much as we can - and thereby become happier due to our insights and growth.
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Please don't erase my race because I'm white-passing. There is literally nothing I can do about my complexion.
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No matter how rich you are, you can't get healthy air.
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I haven't read a newspaper in 20 years. I don't look at the computer or anything. You have to have a filter on what you let in.
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I only started singing the Russian roles when I came west.
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Just because you're born in a privileged family and have money doesn't mean you're happy. Happiness you can't buy. Happiness is something you need to work for.
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The system of creating opportunities for those who were by law excluded, you've got to do that. But you mustn't create a perception that the process is devoid of competitiveness... devoid of building a world class, sustainable black business community.
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'Natural selection and the emergence of mind' dialectica Vol. 32 (1978), p. 339-355; republished in Evolutionary Epistemology, Rationality, and the Sociology of Knowledge (1987) edited by Gerard Radnitzky and W. W. Bartley, III
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I think I'm happier with that. $rubyometer += 0.3 or so.
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Ch. XIX : Grand Pontiff, p. 321
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I started to sing like myself - as opposed to imitating Nat Cole, which I had done for a while - when I started singing like Ray Charles, it had this spiritual and churchy, this religious or gospel sound. It had this holiness and preachy tone to it. It was very controversial. I got a lot of criticism for it.
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My best birth control now is just to leave the lights on.
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If I weren't so lazy, I would have 14 books, not eight.
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I made records in the past that are as traditional as any other country records that have been made, but at the same time the records have a contemporary slant on it too.
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I get to work with great photographers, wear lovely clothes, be part of the creative process.
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I'm sure these two years have given him some time to reflect and think differently. But at the same time, I know we'll get into some intense situations on the court. And if we're not playing up to our potential, we're going to see the old Riles.
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At the dawn of the 19th century, the country was awakening to its enormous scope and variety.
