David Hockney Quotes
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It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.
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Debauchery is perhaps an act of despair in the face of infinity.
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In my theater work, I've had much more three-dimensional, broader-stroke characters.
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It's a scary thing going into the workforce with a $50,000 debt and you've been trained as a classical theatre actor. There's always a depression in the theatre.
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It's a source of great sadness to me that my father died without having seen me do anything worthwhile. He was constantly having to make excuses for me.
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He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.
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I think literary theory has not been terribly good for English studies in a while. It's not that theory isn't interesting, but it isn't about books, or the idiosyncrasies and complexities of putting language together.
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I love the idea of metamorphosing and changing, the legalized insanity of acting.
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I'm a very loyal person and I allowed myself to be defined as somebody who was doing Gordon's bidding. I should have fought back harder to define myself at an earlier stage.
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Then I heard another shot which hit him right in the head, over here, and his head practically opened up and a lot of blood and many more things came out.
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I may be crazy, but it keeps me from going insane.
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Many people do remember their births, but they deny it.
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The freedom you feel when you're actually in control of your own music is fantastic.
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Should we continue to spend billions to subsidize foreign military dictatorships, or should we concentrate on taking better care of the one we have right here at home?
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My very shy Punjabi father never taught me about the birds and bees. So shy was he that he may have thought he would get arrested for even talking about it.
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If you are worried about the risk to your reputation, you don't launch a telecoms firm in an aggressive way.
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Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation.
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'The media have gone berserk.''The media always go berserk. A kid falls off a bike in Montana, they’re all over it. Until something else happens.'
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Ask the locals. They can point you in the direction of the area's shopping district where you'll be sure to find something different and unique that pleases you.
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Los Angeles is more hospitable to writers Than NY. It's less claustrophobic. It feels more unpredictable and dangerous, and the landscape is less structured. You see coyotes lurking all over the place. It just feels wilder and more dangerous.
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I always knew I wanted to be a writer. I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do as a money-making job.
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Laugh a lot. It clears the lungs.
