David A. R. White Quotes
Coming to Hollywood at 19 and living in a single apartment with one other guy on Venice Beach was a massive contrast to my upbringing.
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Drawing is not only a way to come up with pictures: drawing is a way to educate your eye to understand visual information, organizing it into a more hierarchical way, a more economical way. When you see something, if you draw often and frequently, you examine a room very differently.
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Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny - Did you ever try buying them without money?
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I don't like books that play to the gallery, but I've become more concerned with telling a story as clearly and engagingly as I can.
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The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism.
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Now, I don't know how they judge all that, but if anybody in the world deserves to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Ritchie Valens does.
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I love men. They are intelligent and sensitive, but there's also that hard-edged arrogant side, which is just so attractive.
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I think movies lost a lot when they went to stereo and five-track sound.
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My aunt took me to see 'Salad Days' when I was seven. This story of a magic piano that infects everyone who hears it infected me, too. It was a Road to Damascus moment in my life.
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No matter the bad things that happened in past time, let's try to live the best we can now.
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Debate is healthy and no one in this chamber - starting with me - has a monopoly on being right.
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I love shorts in the colder climates, because you can wear them with chunky sweaters and jackets. It's cute and funky.
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Look at Loretta Lynn. Look at Jeannie C. Rily singing 'Harper Valley PTA' and Tammy Wynette singing about divorce. They were ahead of their times in a lot of ways.
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The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States.
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Fame is a distraction sometimes. You know, it's a distraction if you let it. So it's very important to stay focused, stay very connected to your roots.
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The trouble with glossy magazines is that they tend to be stuffed with articles about handbag designers - the sort of women who, with their perfectly styled lives, immaculate houses, and adoring partners, make you want to become a hermit.
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History rarely repeats itself, but its echoes never go away.
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Yes, The Persuaders, that was great fun because one of my favourite actors is Roger Moore.
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My home has to feel airy and bright with natural light. I don't switch on lamps until it is literally black outside.
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Sometimes I freeze...until the light comesSometimes I fly...into the nightSometimes I fight...against the darknessSometimes I'm wrong...sometimes I'm right - Freeze (Part IV of 'Fear') (2002)
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I see myself working in the tradition of sociology and journalism that tries to bear witness to poverty.
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We partner with movies that stand for more than the latest bestseller.
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I make friends easily. I'm a gregarious guy, I'm open, I'm easy to get to know - I don't lock myself in an ivory tower. So I like people; I enjoy people.
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We have this perceived illusion of what the fashion designer does. As an industry, we make it out that this one individual changes the entire face of the earth. I have never said 'me'; it's always 'we.' I am just the big salesman.
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Coming to Hollywood at 19 and living in a single apartment with one other guy on Venice Beach was a massive contrast to my upbringing.
