David Dinkins Quotes
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It's insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams.
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You can take things that Jimi Hendrix took, from Curtis Mayfield or from Buddy Guy for example, because we are all children of everything, even Picasso. But if you want to stand out, you have to learn to crystallize your existence and create your own fingerprints.
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Indeed the three prophecies about the death of individual art are, in their different ways, those of Hegel, Marx, and Freud. I don't see any way of getting beyond those prophecies.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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I've always wanted to make Australian art interesting. To get a different audience watching art documentaries would be great.
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It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.
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I like that feeling of letting loose, of not planning every step. The best performances are the ones that you just let happen.
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Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.
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Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
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I think there's always room for more innovation and new things.
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Love is the whole history of a woman's life, it is but an episode in a man's.
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I hope before I am getting too old and when my mind is still functioning, I can tell some better stories.
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I actually studied literature at university, so I'm much more of an arts-based person, but I remember I actually did enjoy physics because you got to do weird experiments. I remember we did this thing with static where we all had to put our hands on this static ball to see that your hair would all stand on end.
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That's a real problem when people bring exotics into their homes. Sometimes it's by accident, but sometimes it's on purpose.
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I'm the guy they used to call Deep Throat.
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I like Sprite a lot, but I try not to drink it. My mom doesn't want me to drink Sprite because it's unhealthy. So she always has me drink water, but it's hard not to!
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Nature knows best.
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I always thought that I was an important musician. If you don't have that confidence, why would you go on and do it?
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We are working on the basis it is a kidnapping.
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The minute you get cast, you worry they've made the most terrible mistake. There's a really awkward stage between being hired and doing the job when it doesn't feel real.
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How can we keep people healthy, and if they get sick, how can we treat them right the first time?
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If you wanna give me an award, I'll take it. Just don't make me go to the party afterwards.
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Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.
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You can't twist Al Sharpton's arm.
