David Rodigan Quotes
Music is a treasure and a love and a delight. It clears people's souls and lifts them high.
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I think my father was somewhat disappointed in not having had a son, and in that way I was the nearest thing he had.
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Possessions. The very word is potent - suggestive as it is of ownership both material and erotic. To possess. Possession. Possessed.
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I needed to purge myself of all the attention my parents had given me – I wasn't neglected enough as a child.
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If you hear me out, I believe you'll discover that what motivates me more than any other issue is the defense of everyone's rights.
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A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.
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I simply haven't the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause which keeps the planets revolving in their orbits and then suddenly stops in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds.
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I'm all in favour of grand important speeches, but the president then has to link his sermons to a strategy.
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I haven't read enough of the Bible. You know, I'm saving the Bible for if I ever get imprisoned, and the only reading material was the Bible.
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We sat down and read it for the first time and I thanked God under my breath, because they were all so good. And my leading ladies are both exceptional. I mean, everybody in the play. I could just go on all night about them.
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See, the 'On the Road' that came out in 1957 was censored. A lot of the honesty of it, the bitter honesty, is in the original scroll version that came out in 2007 on the 50-year anniversary. Back then, there was so much post-Second World War fear that was imposed on everybody - 'You must live life this way' - and these guys were bored.
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I also find doing the mundane, everyday things in life has a calming, creative influence on me. Some of my best ideas come when I'm vacuuming or waiting in lines.
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I have never thought where I will go, or forced any targets on myself.
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Nullam rem e nihilo gigni divinitus umquam.
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How fit is he to sway That can so well obey ('Horatian Ode,' 83-84),
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Jerry Cantrell talking about Chris Cornell at the press room of the Rock and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. YouTube (April 14, 2018).
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Only the force of American arms, or the extremely credible threat of that force, can bring a fresh face to power.
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Some of my favorite memories happened in the 'Boy Meets World' classroom.
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China not only fights for her own independence, but also for the liberation of every oppressed nation. For us, the Atlantic Charter and President Roosevelt's proclamation of the Four Freedoms for all peoples are corner-stones of our fighting faith.
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I've been so blessed to be part of a family that has dedicated its life to public service.
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If ever there was a book calculated to make a man in love with its author, this appears to me to be the book.
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It's always hard, when introducing readers to a new world/set of rules, not to lay it all out manual-style in the opening chapters but make sure to put the action and the characters at the front. If people don't become invested in them and in the story, the world in which it's set will become a burden.
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A lot of producers now are people who stay in their office and never go to the set. I don't know how you can be the advocate of the movie if you're not there in it every day.
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Always believe what you see - with your own eyes, that is. Always believe what you see. That's the best way to go about this business. I've heard a lot of things about a lot of people, and it was never true.
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Music is a treasure and a love and a delight. It clears people's souls and lifts them high.
