David D. Burns Quotes

Perfectionism becomes a badge of honor with you playing the part of the suffering hero.

David D. Burns

Recitation: by Male by Female

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Every President that went to China, I would meet them and have dinner and talk about the past and the future. That was in the '70s.

Jet Li

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WWE is really focused on empowering the women.

John Cena

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His ambition is to be the spider in the World Wide Web.

John McCarthy

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In 'Thor,' that was my own hair. I grew it out. But I have naturally curly, blonde hair, so I'll never look like that. By the time I got to 'The Avengers,' I had come off two other films, which required me to have it very short. So I dyed it again and it was long enough to use a part of my hairline.

Tom Hiddleston

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Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.

Romain Gary

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What do you do if you're an executive who resigns? You declare yourself a consultant.

Mo Ibrahim

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Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Ludwig van Beethoven

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Every time a twenty-something CEO turns down a multibillion-dollar offer for a company that has little or no revenues, it hits a raw nerve in me. Unlike most professionals, I am not shocked by the seemingly bizarre behavior of those founders who pursue their vision beyond all rational thought or monetary reward.

Jay Samit

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My dad worked on ambulances for a while; my mother had a lot of different jobs with the city.

Desiigner

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Whatever I did in 1960, half a century ago, I couldn't do that today and enter the field. The field has changed so much, you have to adapt to the times whatever you're doing. That's the reality of life: you have to be a different person today than you had to be then.

Douglas Kirkland

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I don't mind a little Sturm und Drang. When I was doing 'Riding in Cars With Boys,' I wouldn't smile at anybody, because my character, Bev, was angry at the world. I'm the opposite. Inside my head I'd be like, God, I'll explain to you at the end of shooting that I'm not this person.

Drew Barrymore

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You don't realize that somebody who's average or even very fit could relate to someone who's overweight, but it's not about our size - it's how we look at ourselves and how we feel about ourselves.

Chrissy Metz

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