Andrew Davies Quotes

I'm not one of these people who say how much better American drama is than English. I find it mostly too American, except for The Sopranos, which I think is the best thing.

Andrew Davies

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: September 20, 1936

Topics

BestPeopleThinkBetterAmerican

The focus on just thinking about standardized test scores as being synonymous with achievement for teenagers is ridiculous, right? There are so many things that kids care about, where they excel, where they try hard, where they learn important life lessons, that are not picked up by test scores.

Angela Duckworth

LifeFocusAchievementThinkingCare

Foreign interventions always end badly.

Stephen Kinzer

EndAlwaysForeignBadly

You can't expect everyone to agree with you.

Stacey Dash

YouEveryoneExpectAgree

I think of childhood as an explosion of creativity. For most people, growing up and earning a living means leaving all that behind. But an artist never leaves that behind. Edwin Mullhouse was my way of exploring the child as artist and, under the guise of childhood, something larger.

Steven Millhauser

CreativityChildhoodChildPeople

People go through periods when things are dark and cloudy, and they talk dark and cloudy.

Robbie Robertson

PeopleDarkGoTalkCloudyThrough

Every game in the NFL is important.

Roger Goodell

GameImportantNFLEvery

I don't enjoy jazz guitar in general. I don't enjoy listening to a lot of it. I don't enjoy the tone. In general I've found its role in jazz to be kind of difficult.

Mary Halvorson

Be KindListeningGuitarEnjoyJazz

Created specifically to house the world's most dangerous terrorists, the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay is designed to keep both American personnel and the detainees safe and secure.

Mike Pompeo

WorldAmericanHouseDangerousSafe

The thing I ran up against was everybody wanted a song so fast. It took me two years to finish 'Touch Me in the Morning.'

Michael Masser

MorningMeSongFastTouchFinish

I'd love to jump in a spaceship and shoot myself to the moon, where I'll paint the word 'Love.' So when people step outside before they go to bed and look up to see it, they'll just dream of love.

Luke James

LoveMyselfStepPeopleMoonLook

I knew when I got to play with Al Jackson I would be a better bass player because he was the best drummer in the world. I worshipped him.

Donald Dunn

BestWorldBetterPlayDrummerHim

I'm very religious. I believe that things happen, and you have to go along with them.

Debbie Reynolds

BelieveYouThings HappenGoHappen

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