David Zindell Quotes
"What is a human being, then?" "A seed." "A... seed?" "An acorn that is unafraid to destroy itself in growing into a tree."
Quotes to Explore
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After spending three years of my life looking into this, I am more convinced than ever that the U.S. government's responsibility for the drug problems in South Central Los Angeles and other inner cities is greater than I ever wrote in the newspaper.
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Doing stunt work is risky, but it's something I enjoy.
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The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
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I am the son of a freedom fighter, and a son of a freedom fighter automatically imbibes the value of democracy.
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You know, rap is sort of like a form of talking, right? So it's like you can hear, you know, the slaves doing it. You can hear, like, you know, Africans and Jamaicans doing it just kind of as, like, a rhythmic, poetic conversation, you know, to a rhythm.
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People book me because of the songs I write, not because of the sets that I play, per se... I'm sure I'm going to be moving to a laptop really soon, but I was one of the last guys to let the vinyl go. I was crying. In my room, I still have thousands of records. I still pull them out and play them all the time.
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I went to the U.S. for business because I thought America is a big consuming country, although it's not an overconsuming country.
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Love prefers twilight to daylight.
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L.A. is so big that if you don't actually live in Hollywood, you might as well be from a different planet.
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I don't have goals in life.
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What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth.
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Cyclists. I really hate them. I wish they would not be so self-righteous and realise they are a danger to pedestrians. I wish cyclists would not vindictively snap off wing mirrors on cars when they were trying to cross in front of the car at a danger to motorists and pedestrians.
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Sarcasm all around the world is always against right wing and against people in power. That's the definition of political sarcasm.
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I grew up in a very religious household. My mom was a church organist. I was a religious kid.
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I think people in electronic music are trying to get these big features: 'Oh my gosh, I'm gonna get the biggest pop star to feature on my track.'
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I love fashion, and I've always wanted to do costume design, but I'm in jeans and T-shirts most of the time.
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I only entertain very close friends.
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To be born again means that we must be changed from a negative to a positive self-image - from inferiority to self-esteem, from fear to love, from doubt to trust.
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To study and constantly, is this not a pleasure? To have friends come from far away places, is this not a joy? If people do not recognize your worth, but this does not worry you, are you not a true gentleman?
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I was in a lot of bands growing up.
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When I grew up, I only had two dreams. One was to be a cowboy and another was to be in the military. I grew up extremely patriotic and riding horses.
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If we get the donations, I think we're going to raise a significant amount of money; some will be used for some administered costs, but the public portion of that will go directly into grants.
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"What is a human being, then?" "A seed." "A... seed?" "An acorn that is unafraid to destroy itself in growing into a tree."
