David Macbeth Moir Quotes
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You set your goals to a point where they're attainable, but far enough away that you have to really go get them. And every year I push my goals a little bit farther away, and every year I work a little bit harder to get them.
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Boxing is all about how cool and controlled and clear your mind is. Violence only gets in the way of you winning a fight. It's a sport that's more about the strategy than anything. You lose or you win in your head.
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I've worked with a lot of really great actors, but it's not very often that you all bond so easily.
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I had two things I could do: I could run over you, and I could put a good stiff arm on you. That was about it.
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Real parent engagement means establishing meaningful ways for parents to be partners in their children's public education from the beginning - not just when a school is failing. The goal should be to never let a school get to that point.
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My work on human capital began with an effort to calculate both private and social rates of return to men, women, blacks, and other groups from investments in different levels of education.
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So many people in their 20s and 30s, on Twitter, say 'Please write something for us,' so I have to listen to them, they're my audience.
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Technology keeps progressing. Young people follow the curve. But as they get older, they get inertia, and they start deviating from that curve.
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I'm a futurist. Technology is our way out of almost every problem we have. Technology can create a new sense of community.
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I can cure AIDS, and I will.
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Americans believe cotton is best, but we've invented new fabrics that will change your lifestyle.
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Sometimes, the most daunting thing about performing is making eye contact with your audience, so just look above them and at the corners of the room. Soon, you'll totally forget they're there.
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Church gives people a sense of community, a sense of how to behave... social support when times get tough. In a world where white working class folks are going to church less and less, they're losing that when they might really need it.
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If you break down most rock songs and look at the lyrics on a piece of paper, it's all about melody. It's all about presentation. And a lot of bands are really great, but you can't understand a word of what they say.
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Don't gamble the future of your children and Malaysia; think and contemplate because your vote will determine not only the future of the country but also your grandchildren.
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And be prepared. Luck is truly where preparation meets opportunity.
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It isn't worth it. No money is worth this... walks out.
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Attempting to be a people pleaser is a fruitless task so, fuck it.
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In terms of jumping into a character's skin, I try to immerse myself in the role as much as possible to bring me closer to them. All I do is what's required to achieve what I want to achieve.
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Antonio and I only danced together in a couple of quick scenes. But it was really nice.
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It's a cliche, but true, that writing is intensely solitary and at times really lonely. I sit in one room and talk to squirrels and blue jays all day.
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I live in Paris, yet Monaco, where I spend a lot of time, holds a very special place in my heart.
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Few persons enjoy real liberty; we are all slaves to ideas or habits.
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Stars are the daisies that begem The blue fields of the sky.
