David Prowse Quotes

I'd worked in Clockwork Orange with Stanley Kubrick and since Stanley was such a prestigious director this opened all sorts of doors for me - one of them being Star Wars.

David Prowse

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: July 1, 1935

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I see an insidious problem in the marketing of weddings as 'the happiest day of your life.' The pressure that is placed upon this event to be the alpha and omega of your entire existence makes it, I think, into a kind of nuptial New Year's Eve, and we all know how that usually turns out.

Jessi Klein

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When I lived in Minneapolis in my twenties, and my mom lived there, too, I used to take her 'storm chasing' - by which I mean I'd see a pulsing blob of radar on The Weather Channel and make her drive us toward the storm.

Jenna Blum

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I am interested in the gaps between one piece of sidewalk and the next. I am interested in the things for which we don't always have a name, and the things that are not easy to articulate - the difference between what we think and how we feel.

Amy Bloom

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During the Sixties, the Americans thought I was the greatest thing in the history of cinema.

Michael Winner

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It makes me a better person, surfing, I think. It's a great outlet.

Luke Hemsworth

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I am anti-Bush. A lot of what he stands for is the antithesis of what I stand for.

Jonathan Shapiro

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The embargo doesn't affect the United States, not even minimally; all of Cuba's economy is smaller than that of Miami-Dade County, and the ones who suffer the most are Cubans. If you talk to them in the street, they're the ones most interested in the opening of a free market in their country.

Jorge M. Perez

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There was something special about watching a manager and umpire both convinced they were totally right, but knowing that one had to be wrong. As an ump, those moments made my job fun, and getting 'nose-to-nose' was part of my job description.

Doug Harvey

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I guess you could say I've been writing all my life.

Anthony Doerr

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Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

William Shakespeare

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But what was my motivation was music, and the fact that I love to move around. I'm always moving around.

Suzanne Farrell

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The return on investment in global health is tremendous, and the biggest bang for the buck comes from vaccines. Vaccines are among the most successful and cost-effective health investments in history.

Seth Berkley

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