David Lee Roth Quotes
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The white man made the mistake of letting me read his history books. He made the mistake of teaching me that Patrick Henry was a patriot and George Washington – wasn't nothing non-violent about old Pat or George Washington.
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What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.
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There's such a strong community element in country - it's like a family. So I don't want to do anything that can come off, even if I'm not intentionally doing it, as giving the perception that I'm trying to abandon that family.
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Desire is the very essence of man.
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I definitely understand what it's like not having family around when you want them there, but you don't live in the same city.
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The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.
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With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents.
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The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.
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I never get scared making these kinds of movies because it's all make-believe, but I did cry when I saw the finished version of Man On Fire because it is so sad.
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You can always spot a well informed man - his views are the same as yours.
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A man is known by the silence he keeps.
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
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I have yet to see a piece of writing, political or non-political, that doesn't have a slant. All writing slants the way a writer leans, and no man is born perpendicular, although many men are born upright.
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Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature.
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Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family.
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Benjamin Franklin may have discovered electricity, but it was the man who invented the meter who made the money.
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I was not in 'Iron Man 2,' but I take a daily iron supplement.
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It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.
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There is no god, so how can I consider myself a god? God is the greatest lie invented by man.
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I never had posters on my walls, and I didn't have any icons, either. I come from a small village in Wirral, and my family didn't watch TV. I wasn't exposed to people with icon status. David Bowie popped up, but I had already shaved my eyebrows off by the time I saw his.
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Strange things blow in through my window on the wings of the night wind and I don't worry about my destiny.
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I must have been born with a strong attraction toward, and possibly even an aptitude for, doing things on a small scale.
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A line will take us hours maybe; / Yet if it does not seem a moment's thought, / Our stitching and unstitching has been naught... Better go down upon your marrow-bones / And scrub a kitchen pavement, or break stones... For to articulate sweet sounds together / Is to work harder than all these, and yet / Be thought an idler by the noisy set.
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I'm a family man. I personally started 3 or 4 families last year.
