Luke Davies Quotes
Drawing on real life is what novelists do. It's not the same as reconstructing real life, which is what historians do.
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Money opens up wonderful worlds of possibilities.
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I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity.
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I was the 'no one understands me' teenager. But I think truly I've realized now that I didn't understand a thing myself. So I just had some livin' to do.
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Although the evidence at this trial shows that Charles Manson was the leader of the conspiracy to commit these murders, there is no evidence that he actually personally killed any of the seven victims in this case.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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I came of age as a male lead actor just as the TV landscape dramatically shifted.
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It's incredible what happens when you explain to kids what good food is - they get so excited! They go home and tell their parents... and they're excited to cook the recipes themselves in class.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.
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If all our comrades of Europe, America and other countries, who do not understand what we are doing to Spanish Anarchism, would come to Spain, we could then see how they would react.
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It should take you 15 minutes to make a song, and then get out of there.
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As cliched as it sounds, I'm taking every day as it comes.
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I'm ready for a different America.
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'The Simpsons' money got bigger and bigger. When I left 'The Simpsons', no one thought that this thing was going to still be around. It's the cumulative effect. It's like, 'Oh my God, 25 years later, and it's still coming in.'
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Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.
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You can cage the singer but not the song.
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We almost need a revolution in the culture of our thinking about football.
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The classy gangster is a Hollywood invention.
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Technically a memoir, 'The Woman Warrior' becomes almost magical through its inclusion of folk tales, dreams, and revisions.
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Because Genentech is a leading developer of cancer therapies, some doctors also fear that the company's pricing plans for Avastin - around $8,800 a month - may encourage other companies to charge more for their own oncology drugs.
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I never really drank coffee in college, but now I'm on my feet all day and out all night and can't believe it hasn't always been in my life. When morning comes I crave it.
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I think every guy that hits his 40s has a little bit of a wake-up call and wants to just keep things real, as they say, and just to push yourself.
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It would make life much easier if I could have total faith and not question everything all the time, but I can't do it and I won't do it.
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Drawing on real life is what novelists do. It's not the same as reconstructing real life, which is what historians do.
