David Blaine Quotes
If I asked you to stand in one spot for 35 hours or a certain length of time, you could do it.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't like the word 'experiment' in the context of art in general. It implies something immature, unfinished, something entertaining for a moment before it becomes irrelevant.
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Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold.
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Through love one acquires renunciation and discrimination naturally.
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I went to a very progressive elementary school where I was heavily educated in civil rights. I remember learning about Harvey Milk when I was in sixth or seventh grade and being so inspired.
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I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.
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For me, let's keep jazz as folk music. Let's not make jazz classical music. Let's keep it as street music, as people's everyday-life music. Let's see jazz musicians continue to use the materials, the tools, the spirit of the actual time that they're living in, as what they build their lives as musicians around.
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It's nice to have my mother as someone I can talk to about acting. My dad's a director, so when he comes to watch me on set, he think it's his set. He's always telling a production assistant, 'Can you get me five donuts?'
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Ensuring that high quality water is provided to all Arizona's citizens is the responsibility of elected officials at all levels and I am happy to do all I can to assist the city's efforts.
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I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath.
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A runner's stride is not perfectly efficient.
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Over a three year period, I gave away half of what I had. To be honest, my hands shook as I signed it away. I knew I was taking myself out of the race to be the richest man in the world.
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I am about safety for the people and the planet.
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I played Woodstock in '69, and it really changed my life. Without a doubt, it was the single event that really changed the way I felt about music. Up to that point, I hadn't really thought of myself as more serious musician, and I didn't really have that much interest in pop music.
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Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values.
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The cost of living is going up and the chance of living is going down.
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I think God just died of old age. And, when I realized that he wasn't any more, it didn't shock me. It seemed natural and right!
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There is no such thing as guilt-free eating.
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Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
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I love meeting new people; I think everyone has a story to tell. We should all listen sometimes.
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Me not being able to play the way that I can play, that's when you kind of know it's that time.
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I've written original material before, where I've come up with the idea and the characters myself, and that's definitely very different to working with someone else's characters and stories.
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Being a physician, you can either treat the symptoms or cure the disease. This Congress has been treating the symptoms. It's time we cure the disease and take care of the problems that are underlying our poor economy.
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Part of me is afraid to let go of this other thing, which was so hugely successful. But on the other hand, I have to move ahead, or else my feet are stuck in the cement. I feel like I'm capable of writing other kinds of music, and I'm at a transitional time in my life.
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If I asked you to stand in one spot for 35 hours or a certain length of time, you could do it.
