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Adam Davidson Quotes

What we want as an economy is companies and people, you know, working hard to come up with creative ways to be more productive. We don't want companies and people working hard to lobby government for special tax cuts.

Adam Davidson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american

Topics

Creative Government People You Know

So many people ask me, 'Do you like 'Departed?' I say, '50/50.'

Andrew Lau

People Me You Say Ask Like

I had no desire to be a stand-up comic until I decided to do it.

Rita Rudner

Desire Comic Had Decided Until

There are many dreams which I never wanna wake up from. Actually, I don't like waking up, full stop. So no matter what the dream is, I just don't wanna wake up and get out of bed.

Rithvik Dhanjani

Dreams Wake Up Dream Stop Matter Up

We become attached to certain characters in novels, mostly because they have some mystery attaching to them. We re-read the books, but we're still left wanting to know more. In my own case, it was 'Great Expectations' and Miss Havisham in particular. Luckily, writers have the option of making up the knowledge that reading doesn't supply.

Ronald Frame

Knowledge Great Reading Expectations

Parenting is love, sure, but it's as much about receiving love as it is giving it. Parenthood is a kind of vanity.

Rumaan Alam

Love Parenting Giving Vanity Kind

It's O.K. to fail. Just keep putting yourself there. Once I started saying that and really believing that, over time, it just gradually gave me confidence.

Jason Day

Confidence Time Yourself Me Saying

I think Bob Odenkirk is phenomenal.

Johnny Flynn

Think I Think Bob Phenomenal

Nelson Mandela sat in a South African prison for 27 years. He was nonviolent. He negotiated his way out of jail. His honor and suffering of 27 years in a South African prison is really ultimately what brought about the freedom of South Africa. That is nonviolence.

Coretta Scott King

Freedom Suffering Prison Honor Way

Coming out in a bedazzled tank top and silver jeans and singing 'Superstar' with a 36-piece band and 28 dancers around me is one of the dopest things I've ever had the opportunity to do.

Brandon Victor Dixon

Opportunity Me Singing Silver Top

The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Crime Difficult Track Most Which

My mom took me to a taekwondo class, and I fell in love. I was seven years old.

Ashton Eaton

Love Me Mom Class Old Years

I love draping; it's less about proportion than fit and the fabric. It's very specialized and I think when women see the construction, they respond to it immediately.

Prabal Gurung

Love Women Construction Think See