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David Garrick

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Cards were at first for benefits designed, sent to amuse, not to enslave the mind.
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Cards were at first for benefits designed, sent to amuse, not to enslave the mind.
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Heaven sends us good meat, but the devil sends us cooks.
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You are indebted to you imagination for three-fourths of your importance.
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Prologues precede the piece in mournful verse, As undertakers walk before the hearse.
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Corrupted freemen are the worst of slaves.
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Their cause I plead--plead it in heart and mind; A fellow-feeling makes one wondrous kind.
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Caused by a dearth of scandal should the vapors Distress our fair ones--let them read the prayers.
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Hearts of oak are our ships, Gallant tars are our men.
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Hearts of oak are are ships, Hearts of oak are our men.
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I've that within for which there are no plasters.
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Let others hail the rising sun: I bow to that whose course is run.
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Let others hail the rising sun: I bow to that whose course is run.
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Heaven sends us good meat, but the Devil sends cooks.
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The boughs that bear most hang lowest.
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Let others hail the rising sun:
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Wonders will never cease.
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(The bye is) a little bit helpful if you look at the bracket.
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You can't really copy what I do because I don't do anything.
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Everything's intentional. It's just filling in the dots.
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I like time off. I'm not a workaholic.
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I've had an awful lot of good fortune.
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Every day is a blessing - not to get too schmaltzy, but, really, it is.
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What happened to me during the last couple of years of 'The Partridge Family' was I became s...
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There were times when I was a joke, but talent survives.
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You can't be 24 again; you can't be new when you're 40 years old.
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Most people view success by the results, and I don't.
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I think of my career as something apart from myself.
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You know, many people who become famous and enjoy great success when they're young disappear aft...
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I wouldn't want to play anything bigger than 10,000 again. I think it's too much, and you lo...
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I gave up my whole life to my career.
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I don't want to end up being some joke on a bad TV series.
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I just want to continue to produce good work. I don't want to do junk.
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I was very wary of repeating my father's behaviour and did everything not to act like he did.
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Most definitely, my dad was my biggest influence.
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My first five albums were triple-platinum, and I played a lot of concerts.
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The television and film business has never really been kind or compassionate, in general.
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It's amazing what happens to your body as you get a little older.
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I didn't end up some sad, tragic guy singing in a lounge somewhere. I never went out and took bi...
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Nobody likes to be rejected, you know?
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I nearly died twice after I replaced Michael Crawford in 'EFX.'
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You cannot make a teenage idol.
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It's a difficult journey when you're going through a divorce, is it not, for anyone?
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I understand the rock star deal having been one and still going out strapping my guitar on and perfo...
DAVID CASSIDY
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I have an audience that goes from kids to seventy year olds.
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All my big mistakes are when I try to second-guess or please an audience. My work is always stronger...
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I don't need to remind myself of the trophies. I know what I accomplished.
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I've really sensed that people have an affection for me.
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False modesty can be worse than arrogance.
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This whole world is wild at heart and weird on top.
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