Dave Matthews Quotes
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I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.
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And although I've been very fortunate in the film work that's come my way, I need to get back to the stage. If I'm away for a maximum of two years, I feel something's wrong.
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Shareholders need to have a real interest in the companies they own. Too many are simply too busy - they are asleep at the wheel.
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And I mean I never doubt anybody's record.
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In the investment business, you must expect to be wrong.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, 'At least this is something for which I won't have to study.' But I've realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he's doing and about what's going on around him. The moment you think you've nailed it, you're dead.
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I've been in Washington ever since 1981, trying to get out!
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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The voters of Colorado deserve honest, straight-talking elected officials.
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My English teachers gave me a copy of Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale' when I left high school, which has always been very special to me - it was the novel that introduced me to dystopian fiction. I'm also influenced by Edgar Allan Poe, Dickens, John Wyndham and Middle English dream-visions.
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Violence against embassies and civilians must be categorically condemned. At the same time, we must attempt to understand why such events occur.
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Every historian with professional standards speaks or writes what he believes to be true.
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Beauty is the promise of happiness.
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Around 14, I was turned on to Shania, Reba, Merle Haggard, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood... and I've followed it ever since.
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I would love to go to Ladakh - there are beautiful monasteries there and because I am from Himachal. I would love to go to Paris. I haven't been to New York, which I have heard a lot about. And, I would love to go to Kanyakumari. I think that would be interesting!
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I am convinced that military action will not prevent further acts of international terrorism against the United States.
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I've made up my mind. I'll take my court martial.
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Teetotallers lack the sympathy and generosity of men that drink.
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I'd like to get all the colors in the world into one painting
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As an old creative industry full of cruelty and moral sense, British journalism once flourished on the imperative that people required the truth in order to survive. But people don't require that now. They want sensation and they want it for nothing.
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I feel like I'll never get over red carpets. They're so bizarre and awkward.
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Through the gospel of Jesus Christ, I am motivated to be a better person.
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I'm way more American than George Bush and Dick Cheney.
