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David James Duncan Quotes

My books are inert as cordwood till a reader's imagination ignites one and an old flame jumps to life.

David James Duncan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: 1952

Topics

Life Imagination Flame Old Books

We encourage employees to ship new features on day one, which immediately encourages them to come up with something creative and different.

Day Creative Ship Employees New Up

It is clear that IDEA '97 not only undermines the educational process, it also undermines the authority of educators.

Process Authority Clear Only Idea

I think I have a lot of room for improvement. My serve is okay, but I need to work on a lot of things: return, transition game, backhand.

Work Improvement Game Think Okay

The big thing I've discovered, the big secret, is that it's all about how happy you are. It's the ultimate thing. People forget your flaws and imperfections if they see you're happy.

Maintenance High High Maintenance

I've always had this impulse to be destructive.

Always Impulse Destructive Had

There's more to the sport than just fighting, and you either understand that, or you don't. And if you don't, then I promise you the guys that are worth money don't want to fight you, because you don't get it.

Money Fight Fighting Worth You Want

Well no, I think we won't have that problem but as far as paparazzi I'm speaking, I will deal with that.

Think Problem Will Paparazzi Well

The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Time Action Never Too Late Late Now

Over the past 100 years, there have been three major periods of tax-rate cuts in the U.S.: the Harding-Coolidge cuts of the mid-1920s; the Kennedy cuts of the mid-1960s; and the Reagan cuts of the early 1980s. Each of these periods of tax cuts was remarkably successful as measured by virtually any public policy metric.

Past Early Tax Three Over 100 Years

I could spend all my time on a plane visiting multiple countries, and I would never visit enough.

Pierre Nanterme

Time Enough Never Would My Time

Having enough to eat, being able to educate your children, have reasonably stable employment, and being able to live in a society which isn't collapsing around you-all of these things have been generally eroded.

Live Children Society Enough Eat

How do you defend inaction in the face of crisis? How is that defensible for anybody?

Face You Crisis Inaction Defend How

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