David Elliott Quotes
We are concerned with the relationship between art and life. Contemporary art is only intelligible in terms of its relationship to our life.
Quotes to Explore
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I have always been an avid reader of chemical literature, eager for what is new.
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Always remember that better days are ahead - if not in this life, in the next.
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There have been a lot of exercises and I've had to force myself to go out for walks even when I didn't feel like it, but apart from that, I am a lot better.
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The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimidate women into continuing pregnancies.
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In 1255, Louis IX of France presented an elephant to Henry III of England to add to the menagerie of exotic animals he kept in the Tower of London.
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I just respect Kanye as an artist.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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Your initial idea may or may not work, but you have to remember that a failed idea is nothing but a stepping stone to a bigger success.
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Sweet is good. I'm not a fan of deep-fried things.
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I just don't see where I could possibly fit in directing a feature.
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It's hard to write a comedy sketch.
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My parents are both average size. For them to have a child who was very, very different and very, very small must have been incredibly hard.
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A thick head can do as much damage as a hard heart.
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The Paris peace talks kept a roof over my head and food on the table and clothes on my back because if something was said going in or coming out, I had the rent for the month.
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Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone. And acting alone, accept everything alone.
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People who don't fit the mold are treated differently than those who do.
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One of the people that wrote a forward to my book is Gerry Spence, whom I admire. Gerry is a friend of mine, and Gerry's perhaps the leading criminal defense attorney in the country.
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Perhaps one day earthquakes, hurricanes and financial crashes will all be predictable. But we don't have to wait until then for seismology, meteorology and economics to become sciences; they already are.
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All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.
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Today with the Internet, I search for film and video archives online. It's an ever-growing moveable visual feast of delicacies from all around the world.
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We are concerned with the relationship between art and life. Contemporary art is only intelligible in terms of its relationship to our life.
