Evan Davis Quotes

Most people hugely underestimate the amount of 'empty space' we have in our country. Fly over the U.K., and you see that human settlement does not fill up the U.K. at all. It accounts for something of the order of 15 per cent of the landmass.

Evan Davis

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SpacePeopleFlyYouCountrySee

I wish people could get over the hang-up of subtitles, although at the same time, you know, that's kind of why I'm kind of pro dubbing.

Jodie Foster

TimePeopleWishYouKnowKind

I've realized that no problem is as hopeless as it first may seem, I've learned how to live day to day and show others how to do the same, and most of all, I've learned how to just be.

Jessie Pavelka

LiveDayProblemHopelessOthers

The thing about acting that's unlike any other art form is that it's collaborative; directing and acting are a collaboration, and your acting won't succeed if the lighting design doesn't succeed or sets don't succeed.

Maya Hawke

ArtCollaborationSucceedDesign

I've been in basketball a long time, and nobody is more of a competitor than I am.

Steve Alford

TimeI AmBasketballLongLong Time

I grew up in northern California, where it was consistently in the hundreds in the summertime. My dad didn't think he should have to turn on the air conditioning when we had a swimming pool in our backyard; it was our built-in air conditioner.

Summer Sanders

SwimmingThinkPoolCaliforniaTurn

As failures go, attempting to recall the past is like claiming to grasp the meaning of existence. Both make one feel like a baby clutching at a basketball: one's palms keep sliding off.

Joseph Brodsky

PastBabyBasketballFeelMeaning

I'd rather have just one person who reads and feels my work deeply than hundreds of thousands who read it but don't really care about.

Derek Walcott

WorkCarePersonJust OneJustWho

I have always just made things. I don't see what I make as being defined by a medium or aesthetic. It probably comes more from a fundamental restlessness, an attempt to create tools for questioning or understanding, and I have always been interested in using a wide spectrum of mediums to do this.

Doug Aitken

AestheticToolsUnderstandingCreate

But Portugal has a peaceful feel about it. I sit on the terrace overlooking the vineyard there and I feel cut off from the world. You need that sort of thing.

Cliff Richard

WorldFeelYouPeacefulNeedSit

Listen, I've been pretty fortunate. And if I've been underrated, it's actually been something I've been able to work with; I can surprise people. It sets me up to exceed expectations, so I don't mind.

Brad Pitt

WorkPeopleMindMeExpectationsUp

I no have education. I have inspiration. If I was educated, I would be a damn fool.

Bob Marley

EducationFoolDamnInspiration

We have lost certainty and predictability in the regulatory and tax climate in America, and this is why we're recovering so slowly.

Bob McDonnell

AmericaTaxLostWhyCertainty

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