David Rice Quotes
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It is not possible, given any degree of optimism and generosity in regard to people in general, to set a time limit on creative reflection or a limitation on the number of people involved in the creation.
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When I was a kid, all I ever wanted was to be famous.
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I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.
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Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.
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What we ask of the developed countries is to let the Third World find a third way.
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Throughout my life I have always been amazed that people couldn't listen to other people, that they couldn't hear their best intent, that there seemed to be an enormous need to demonize.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?
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If you feel bored or uncomfortable as you're writing, ask yourself what's bothering you and write about that. Sometimes your creative energy is like water in a kinked hose, and before thoughts can flow on the topic at hand, you have to straighten the hose by attending to whatever is preoccupying you.
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Americans resident in China inform us that the ballot box in their country is greatly abused for personal ends, and Chinese admirers of the American Republic have not minutely examined its defects.
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We must start to treat climate change as what it is - a threat to United States security. And we must not delay.
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I left home at 17 and I've been on the road ever since.
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I've made the decision not to do radio anymore.
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As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction.
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I think with every part you do, you become a better actor. I've learned from my experiences on that.
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When I get drafty cold air in my ears, I would get an earache and get sick. I had to make sure I hustled and stayed well for my shows that I played.
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I'm such a fan of Daniel Waters, who wrote the script, and also Mark Waters, his brother, who directed. 'Vampire Academy' has, I think, an iconic director.
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I have never gotten my nails done.
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Failures are inevitable. Unfortunately, in film they live for ever and they're 40 ft wide and 20 ft high.
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It is evident that the Church is always abandoning more the old traditional structures of European life and, therefore, is changing its appearance and living new forms in itself. It's clear most of all that the de-Christianization of Europe is progressing, that the Christian element is always vanishing more from the fabric of society.
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My work has been in the field of engaged Buddhism. That is my own practice, which began in 1965 that formed the base for the work I was doing in the civil rights and anti-war movement.
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I had a lot of fear that would motivate me to try to work hard, because I didn't know what I would do if I wasn't a baseball player.
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Space is dark but, of course, when we're on the sun side of the Earth, we're in full illumination and we have all the reflection of the Earth below us, beautiful blue Earth and we're in daylight. Only on the back side, opposite side of the sun, it seems like night to us, too.
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Will do Satan's work for food.
