Ability Quote by Daniel Day-Lewis

“The one thing that I appear to have been given, bearing in mind that I am capable of being very, very scatty and extremely lazy, is the ability to concentrate on something I choose to give my time to.” quote by Daniel Day-Lewis — Download Open image

“The one thing that I appear to have been given, bearing in mind that I am capable of being very, very scatty and extremely lazy, is the ability to concentrate on something I choose to give my time to.”

Daniel Day-Lewis

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