David Gilmour Quotes
The only way artists can do things is to do it for themselves. Trying to second guess what the public wants or likes is kind of a fool's game.
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We don't really watch basketball in Australia.
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I'm an actor who wants to do great parts, and I've been very fortunate, for a long time, to get meaty roles, and sometimes some of them are meatier than others.
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I think success is very hard work, so, you know, if you work hard and you have some success, you have to give up something.
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I think it's really important to give back and show other people that you care.
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The public thinks that homelessness is about not having any accommodation to go to.
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I have great stories. I am going to write a book.
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The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the pervert climbs into the minds of ordinary men.
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I'd have loved to have appeared in 'Absolutely Fabulous' - that's one of my favourite shows.
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At the time, I didn't know that bass would not be enough for me. I'm not a bass player because bass is always a background instrument even to this very day.
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I hope somebody hits .400 soon. Then people can start pestering that guy with questions about the last guy to hit .400.
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Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.
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When George W. Bush entered office, the national debt was $5 trillion. When he left, it was $10 trillion. I think the administration spent too much money.
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It's good to kind of get away from the star treatment.
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People sometimes mistake being serious with being taken seriously.
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In a play, you only get one chance, and you have to get it perfect. In a film, you can change and fix it whatever way you want, so really, there's a pretty big difference.
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I was pretty young when I decided I wanted to, well, more so be a singer. I started singing in church in my hometown, East Orange, New Jersey. I knew when I was about five or six that I wanted to be a performer.
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You know, Motorcycle Diaries has no incredible stories, no sudden plot twists, it doesn't play that way. It's about recognizing that instance of change and embracing it.
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Though I'm not religious in the classical sense I did partake in Passover.
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Indulging in unrestrained and immoderate laughter is a sign of intemperance, of a want of control over one's emotions, and of failure to repress the soul's frivolity by a stern use of reason.
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For immigrant generations especially, family is the first structure, or shelter, for a people who are in exile.
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I don't think it's very useful to open wide the door for young artists; the ones who break down the door are more interesting.
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I don't judge. Judgment is not my business. Existing is my business.
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Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us; Through them we learn a little objectivity, a little modesty, a little courtesy; We learn the rules of life and become better players of the game.
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The only way artists can do things is to do it for themselves. Trying to second guess what the public wants or likes is kind of a fool's game.
