David Hockney Quotes
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Anything goes. You always find interesting things that way.
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Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.
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I woke up this morning, and I still don't believe I won the Daytona 500.
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I've always said if what I'm going to create doesn't look good on everybody, I'm not going to do it.
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No one is good but God alone. What is good is therefore divine, what is divine is therefore good.
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For the next approximately three years, I have got Nathan to take care of. I know that once he graduates from high school, he will be off doing whatever it is he is going to be doing - probably playing ice hockey.
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I dislike Allegory - the conscious and intentional allegory - yet any attempt to explain the purport of myth or fairytale must use allegorical language.
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The Proclamation does not, indeed, mark out exactly the course I should myself prefer. But I am ready to take it just as it is written, and to stand by it with all my heart.
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I think, for an actor, the whole world is a place of work because if you focus on characters and on stories, they are everywhere, so yeah, I feel very privileged to have had this great opportunities in the international cinema and especially in the American cinema.
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I'm not an autobiographical writer, but I am a writer who deals with human emotion on all levels.
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Envy blinds men and makes it impossible for them to think clearly.
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Lyrics can be important, but ultimately, what pulls people in on a song is melody and the tracks and the way music feels.
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It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, 'I don't know.'
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I think some people are good at being alone, and some people aren't, and as a child, I really liked it.
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My mum was born in the former Czechoslovakia, and even though my grandparents weren't wealthy, they were aristocrats in their time.
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Don't get me wrong: I love a massive show with dancers and the works, and I love Zumba! But I just want there to be more people who just sing.
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Success is carved out of a hard tree. It doesn't just happen. It's people who stick to it that succeed.
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Marriage is rarely bliss But, surely it would be worse As particles to pelt At thousands of miles per sec About a universe In which a lover's kiss Would either not be felt Or break the loved one's neck.
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Children need close friends to help them grow up, to discover things about themselves and about life. They also need close friends to keep them sane
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For me, the kitchen is the most special room in the house. It's a place for adventure - not drudgery, but discovery, sharing and showing off with friends, trying new ideas.
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I think focusing limits you. As long as nothing that I'm doing suffers from my ADD in wanting to do everything, then I want to just keep doing everything. It keeps it fresh and fun.
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It can safely be said that no one has touched more lives, more deeply, than Death. Through this devastating memoir, it is hoped he will touch many, many more.
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I paint what I like, when I like and where I like.
