David Mason Quotes
I like to think of the senses as having a volume control in the brain. The volume turns up on all the other senses when you lose one.
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The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.
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I don't ever take anything for granted.
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Historically, in India, the strange fact was that the equity owner was not taking as much hit as the lender. Therefore, if we restore the first principle of economics, that first the equity owner needs to take the hit and then the lender, we will get a good solution.
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I always wanted pink hair.
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I would never try to invalidate someone's opinion of something or the feelings something makes them feel.
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It's terrible to realize you don't learn how to live until you're ready to die, and then it's too late.
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Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.
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The lifestyle I lead as a footballer means I am always in the spotlight.
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I would love to tell you that it's been absolutely perfect, that I've been a man that's been super Christian. But I've had mistakes, dumb things I've regretted, so it's not a perfect life. But it's one that has helped me make better decisions.
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I knew I wanted to be a writer before I knew that being a writer was possible.
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When we were in D.C. my daddy used to cut his hair with a bowl. Crucial. If you're African, Haitan, Jamaican or even more poor than the people in the project, you'll know about that.
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You spend enough time with someone, you're going to have your run-ins.
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Appreciate your heart; really know how to take care of your heart.
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The proposed Bush regulations put politics above the health care needs of Americans.
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There are no divisions as such, but there is an appearance of separateness because of ignorance. This means that everything is of ignorance and that every one is Ignorance personified.
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What's my favourite book? It changes all the time.
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God's silences are His answers. If we only take as answers those that are visible to our senses, we are in a very elementary condition of grace.
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I consider the modernization of the Middle East the central challenge of our time. This region behaves as if it were disturbed, if you'll excuse the clinical expression.
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For me, architecture is a social act.
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I know the difference between venture capital[ism] and vulture capitalism. Venture capitalism is a good thing, comes in, gives that gap funding to help these companies get off and get started creating jobs, and work. But Mitt Romney and Bain Capital were involved with what I call vulture capitalism. And they walked into Gaffney and took over that photo album company for no other reason than to basically pick the bones clean. And those people lost their jobs.
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Bowmen bend their bows when they wish to shoot: unbrace them when the shooting is over. Were they kept always strung they would break and fail the archer in time of need. So it is with men. If they give themselves constantly to serious work, and never indulge awhile in pastime or sport, they lose their senses and become mad.
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I like to think of the senses as having a volume control in the brain. The volume turns up on all the other senses when you lose one.
