David Bailey Quotes
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Let's not get too precious about it: actors are not heart surgeons or brain surgeons. We are just entertaining people.
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After my 10th standard, my life took me into the world of cinema, but I never severed my ties with my love for reading.
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When you're a dancer who is injured, you are at the bottom of the food chain. We are so replaceable.
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We love our fans, so there's nothing we wouldn't do for them, and we go directly to t hem.
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With Tiger Woods, you know everyone is watching. But I think interest in women's golf is getting better too.
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The Ewoks were definitely a challenge of writing 'The Jedi Doth Return.' After having done so many things with characters who don't speak English, how was I going to make them stand out? Jedi is also rich with emotional material, particularly Darth Vader's transformation from the dark side back to the good.
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Le Cirque at first was one of those general French restaurants in town, which were cooking more or less the same food. At Le Cirque, I wanted to do something different while respecting the foundation of the restaurant. I did that through the menu.
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I still drive my 1977 Honda Accord. The paint is almost all worn off. It's still running.
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Hollywood is geared toward teenage idiocy.
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The English have a special sense of humour. This I immediately experienced in the dressing room. As I walked with two plates while eating, suddenly a team-mate asked me, 'Basti, what time is it?' hoping I would automatically turn my hand to look at my watch. That's quite entertaining.
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I do what I do. You like it, great. You don't, go listen to somebody else. I'm stickin' with the people who stuck with me.
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My personal style is a big mix. A lot of it's pretty vintage. I love vintage looks. I'm obsessed with the mid '60s era, even '70s, it was a good era for clothes, hair, music, and cars.
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Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.
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As you get older, you see life is very short, so you have to appreciate more and more and to enjoy it.
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Infinity is a territory toward which the inherent human impetus of conquest can be productively directed.
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You are not really bothered by what others think of you. You are bothered by what you think of yourself.
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All those things at which thou wishest to arrive by a circuitous road, thou canst have now, if thou dost not refuse them to thyself.
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The effect of music is so very much more powerful and penetrating than is that of the other arts, for these others speak only of the shadow, but music of the essence.
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I know I'm fly - don't get me wrong. But I don't look, like, standard Hollywood. As a comedian, it's something you learn to use.
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By the time I stepped down as Xerox's CEO in 2009 - and as chairman in January 2010 - Xerox had become the vibrant, profitable and revitalized company that it still is today. What made the difference was a strong turnaround plan, dedicated people and a firm commitment from company leaders.
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Who would attain to summits still and fair,Must nerve himself through valleys of despair.
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My mom and dad are second-generation Greek-Americans who instilled in our middle-class family the values of hard work, self-reliance, and service, exemplified by my father's tenure as a U.S. Marine who was stationed at Camp David under President Truman.
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In France they don't think I'm difficult.
