Andrew Davies Quotes
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It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.
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We know taking care of an infant isn't just women's work - so why should maternity leave be the norm when paternity leave is the exception? There's no question that taking care of and bonding with a new baby is just as important and meaningful for dads as it is for moms.
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I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit.
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It's always nice when you do something and it's well received as opposed to the other way which God knows happens to everybody. When the good times come around, you take a deep breath, appreciate it, but not take it too seriously.
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There's some pictures of me playing hollow bodies, but I never last long. I always come back to the acoustic.
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When you are in an unpleasant environment that makes you feel uncomfortable, one of the key ways to improve that situation is through design. That's why I think it is so important to help develop and showcase young designers, as they are our future.
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I never played with a runner in my entire life, even in schools, because only I know where the ball is going and how hard, when I hit the ball, something my runner will never know about.
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Mark Twain had a way of telling stories that shifts your consciousness away from labels.
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Twenty men crossing a bridge, Into a village, Are Twenty men crossing a bridge Into a village.
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Stuck on you.I've got this feeling downDeep in my soulThat I just can't lose.Guess, I'm on my way.Needed a friendAnd the way I feel now I guessI'll be with you till the endGuess I'm on my wayMighty glad you stayed.
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The main objects of the Population Congress would be ... (f) to give certain dysgenic groups in our population their choice of segregation or sterilization.
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Live as on a mountain. ...Let men see, let them know a real man who lives according to nature. If they cannot endure him, let them kill him. For that is better than to live thus.
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The Middle East is a very difficult stage to play upon. Without doubt, it is a good drama. And on occasion, there are situations so unimaginable, if not ludicrous, as to make them almost comic. But the cast is constantly changing, the audience is often disengaged, and it seems at times that no one is actually running the show.
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When you're at your absolute, most exhausted... That's when you have to be at the top of your game.
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I'm an afternoon tea type of girl. I come from a Russian background where we love our teas. So between lunch and dinner after training I come home and I love a nice cup of tea with jam in it, as we drink it there. Black English Breakfast with raspberry jam is my favorite.
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I was born to a single mom and raised by her and my grandparents.
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Three years into the war, tens of thousands of American troops remain targets of a growing Iraqi insurgency.
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The way that I work is very specific, very thorough, and the process has to be totally clear.
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The most important thing for us is to save lives.
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Real art is one of the most powerful forces in the rise of mankind, and he who renders it accessible to as many people as possible is a benefactor of humanity.
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I didn't love my hair when I was a child. It was lighter than my skin, which made me not love it so much. I was really kind of envious of girls with thicker, longer, more lush hair.
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Everything I achieve affects my family as well, and suddenly, my kids' dad became the most famous man in the country for a couple of weeks.
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You know you're ugly when you go to the proctologist and he sticks his finger in your mouth.
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I suppose I have the tastes of someone who teaches at a university in the provinces.
