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David Bergen Quotes

What fascinates me as a writer is the stuff underneath, To me, what drives a novel is the curiosity behind the character and the depths that you want to find in that character.

David Bergen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: canadian
Birth: January 14, 1957

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Character Me Curiosity You Find

A lot of guys are offensive minded, which is good at some points and times but bad at others - at lots of others. I wish I could say I want everybody to play defense as hard as I do. It's not a reality.

Jimmy Butler

Good Reality Wish Bad Play Want

I just kept making social mistakes in my career.

Jimmy Iovine

Mistakes Career Social Just Making

My work has been in the field of engaged Buddhism. That is my own practice, which began in 1965 that formed the base for the work I was doing in the civil rights and anti-war movement.

Joan Halifax

Work Practice Doing My Own Movement

My idea is to fill an intersection with color. That will include the road and the sidewalk and up the building, so there's a cubic volume of color in the intersection wedged between four corners and four buildings.

Jessica Stockholder

Building Road Color Buildings Will

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

John Adams

Fear Foundation Most Governments

I have lot of respect of filmmakers who work in Telugu and Tamil.

Anil Kapoor

Work Respect Who Lot Telugu

I think it's always been especially hard for black people to let go of musicians who do heinous things because music is such an integral part of our existence.

Amanda Seales

Music People Black Think Musicians

We Estonians will do what is necessary to join the European Union.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Will Union Necessary European Union

For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory arguments that fire burns. His hearer's mind would never be satisfied, nor would he avoid the fire until he put his hand in it that he might learn by experiment what argument taught.

Roger Bacon

Fire Man Mind Learn Argument Hand

There's definitely a luxury to the fluidity of not being a mega-star. I've done a ton of really, really odd, off-the-wall movies. There's this movie I did called 'Queens of Country' a couple of summers ago that is so bananas, and if I was at a certain level, I probably would not have done that movie.

Lizzy Caplan

Luxury Country Done Movies Level

Don't be discouraged if the answer to your prayer does not come immediately. Study, ponder, and pray, sincerely having faith, and live the commandments.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Live Faith Prayer Study Answer Pray

When it comes to power as it functions between humans, it all comes down to desire. If you know what someone wants, you can control them. It is as simple as that. And the reverse is also true: If you have control over your own desires, no one will ever own you. As humans, we are plagued with desire - it consumes us, it fuels us, it destroys us.

Courtney A. Kemp

Power Simple Control Someone You