David Gilmour Quotes
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Nearly every president in the past 100 years has declared national monuments, from Teddy Roosevelt creating the Grand Canyon National Monument to George W. Bush preserving 10 islands and 140,000 square miles of ocean waters in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
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Realism hasn't fallen out of favor with most people, who are interested in people's lives rather than gymnastics of style or literary trends. It's a certain kind of academic who undervalues realism, largely because it is not amenable to endless exegesis.
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The film business was a great lesson in business combat and what it takes to survive.
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I've learned that the key is to fight with no pressure.
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I believe however that peace is attainable regardless of the Arabs mentality, society or government.
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Talking to other people who make low-budget movies, everyone kind of has the same struggle.
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Jessica Lange was my biggest crush when I was a kid.
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You don't actually have control of the position people want you to be in. If they say, 'You king of the blacks,' you're king of the blacks - whether you like it or not.
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There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another.
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Forget the technique. Hit the guy across from you. Don't let somebody come in your space.
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One of my favourite exhibitions is called 'Do It,' which I co-curated with the artists Christian Boltanski and Bertrand Lavier 21 years ago.
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I love my kitchen. On the weekends, we have friends over, the kids are buzzing around, and we cook and talk.
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I have very eclectic tastes.
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I have some property. We have a few acres, so I like working on it, whether it's cutting stuff down, cleaning stuff up, building steps, or working with concrete, you know, brickwork.
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There's only so much academic disruption that a young child can deal with before he just can't catch up.
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The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.
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When I was a kid, I wasn't looking at the small-budget films myself. I was looking at 'James Bond' and all the major films, so I still have that energy. I still love those films.
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I had an idea when I was 18 or 19 to start tutoring people, like the way that people get tutored in saxophone or guitar, but for production. I really enjoyed it, but I don't have time for that any more.
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It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime.
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Believe it or not, I'm as much a fan of a supper shortcut as the next person.
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We will be pretty busy here for a while building a new facility and just learning about the community and the Toyota and Mazda lines.
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You don't want to believe everything you hear.
