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David Ferry Quotes

I don't think in terms of projects.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: 1924

Topics

Think Projects Terms

My entire life, socially, was all around the Maggie era. That was the great challenge as a Sex Pistol was how to deal with Margaret Thatcher. I think we did rather good.

Life Good Great Challenge Think Sex

The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient reason to withdraw from the contest.

Struggle End Defeat Reason Always

'Othello' was my first Shakespearean discovery. I was obsessed with drama at school, and I studied the play for my English GCSE. Desdemona is the part that everyone wants, but Iago's wife Emilia is the one I've always been drawn to.

Michelle Dockery

Wife School Discovery Drama Play

Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful.

Time Unhappy Someone Ungrateful Make

You've just got to have it, man. Like, in this game of football, you can tell when you look at film who's more passionate about the game.

Jason Pierre-Paul

Football Man Game You Look More

I did a couple comedies to balance myself as an actor and balance how audiences see Donnie Yen as an actor, and I would even say as a celebrity or icon, to some fans. I want to show that I'm not Terminator.

Myself Balance Say Want Actor See

The book of 'The Hobbit' was given to me to read by a friend of my mother when I was about 12 years old: it set my life on a different path. Next, I read 'The Lord of The Rings' trilogy, then 'The Silmarillion' and Homers 'The Odyssey' and every Greek/Roman/Viking myth book I could get my hands on. Pretty heavy reading for a 12 year old.

Life Friend Mother Path Me Reading

A lot of positive psychology is stuck in being the psychology of privilege, and I reject that.

Positive Privilege Psychology Being

I had a book that was given to me as a kid that was called 'Faeries.' It was this dark, sinister book with pictures that used to scare me because they were these creepy little creatures. But, I was always really drawn to that fantasy world, more than a sci-fi world, in terms of outer space stuff.

Space Me World Book Dark Pictures

I enjoy multi-tasking, so I want to do a lot of different things. I want to keep all the plates spinning.

Enjoy Want Spinning Things Different

We like things to manifest right away, and they may not. Many times, we're just planting a seed and we don't know exactly how it is going to come to fruition. It's hard for us to realize that what we see in front of us might not be the end of the story.

Sharon Salzberg

Seed Story End Manifest Know See

Piano feels soft. Violins and all different string instruments feel soft. Guitar, even electric guitar before you start adding distortion, that you can play soft.

Start Guitar Feel You Play Piano

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