David Hockney Quotes
I stay up nights and fiddle with my opera designs. It's a bit obsessive. That's why I can't do it all the time.
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I was standing on the deck of the USS Blue, a destroyer. We were all alone out there at this buoy, tied up.
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Alligators and crocodiles are some of the most aggressive creatures on the planet - they'll take down a boat if you come up to their nest.
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I'm more for the style than the brand. I don't go brand shopping; I go detail shopping.
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Thank God we're not like America. Everyone wants to look like they're 20. In Europe we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women.
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I wanted to travel with my dad to be close to him again. Having babies and raising my own family took so much of my time, I didn't have a chance to be with him very often.
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Whenever you're scared of something, don't let that define you. We all feel it, but step up.
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I hate to sound this way but, 'Why me? Why me with dementia?'
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Growing up, I liked all the stuff that everyone else was listening to, like Motown, but the biggest group of all was The Beatles.
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I was brought up largely by my grandfather because my father only returned from a prisoner-of-war camp in 1947 and worked in the nearest small town, so I hardly ever saw him.
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California is infamous for passing things and then waking up and saying, 'What the hell did we just pass?'
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I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money.
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I think some days you should do a cartoon that is absolutely just for the laugh, and some days you should do a cartoon that just punches the reader right in the stomach. It's kind of nice to mix it up.
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I've definitely, you know, been with women. And I've had great relationships with them where I was definitely in love. It's just I grew to a point where deep inside I knew that I could never truly have a relationship with a woman. I don't know if they ever suspected. It was never brought up.
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If you go out and see a lot of movies in a given year, it's really hard to come up with a top ten, because you saw a lot of stuff that you liked. A top 20 is easier. You probably get one masterpiece a year, and I don't think you should expect more than one masterpiece a year, except in a really great year.
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I'm terrified of missing my call time. I'll check my alarm several times before I fall asleep.
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I love the way Tyra Banks dresses up - she looks so elegant and glamorous in whatever she wears. The confidence and attitude she exudes on and off the ramp is remarkable.
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The thing I most connect with is the idea of not giving up. And that's a thing I have in my own life. You have to trust your instincts and keep trying.
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Don't worry about never having time to write. Just write what you can in the time you do have and give yourself a big clap on the back, followed by a double latte and a blueberry muffin.
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I think all our players were encouraged by the effort, and thought we had the right idea. Our execution came up a little bit short.
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Many of us have had that experience of being in love with someone and then they end up being your enemy and there's a stranger in your bed.
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Iowa is home to teachers, farmers, lawyers, factory workers, and many others who work hard every day to provide the best for their families and their future.
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I'm not a singer, and I'm not a brilliant dancer.
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Illusion begets and sustains the world; we do not destroy one without destroying the other. Which is what I do every day. An apparently ineffectual operation, since I must begin all over again the next day.
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I stay up nights and fiddle with my opera designs. It's a bit obsessive. That's why I can't do it all the time.
