David Hockney Quotes
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I've turned from an ordinary Australian housewife into a gigastar, icon, talk-show host, swami, spin doctor... and now I'm a style guru!
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If someone said, 'You can go live in this little town in Costa Rica for a couple of weeks and all you've got to do is sing for us,' I would do that. That's more exciting to me than the prospect of going on some national tour, where you're going to play arenas or sheds every night, because of the crushing repetition of that kind of line.
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When you take risks and things don't go your way, you can be heavily criticised by the media.
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I have a ridiculous fear of sharks but I'd jump in the water in a second for an amazing role.
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My first trip to Mexico was with my dad because of his Spanish records. That was back in 1958. I found a picture of me when I was eight dressed as a little senorita.
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For my own part, I had rather suffer any inconvenience from having to work occasionally in chambers and kitchen... than witness the subservience in which the menial class is held in Europe.
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I dread the idea of a paparazzi snapping me while I'm out running.
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Dreams take you beyond what you think you can do in life.
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Turns out you have a really fun time if you go to work every day and focus on being silly and funny and happy!
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For me, there are no my people and strangers, no bad people and good people. All people are equal for me.
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I would prefer to live forever in perfect health, but if I must at some time leave this life, I would like to do so ensconced on a chaise longue, perfumed, wearing a velvet robe and pearl earrings, with a flute of champagne beside me and having just discovered the answer to the last problem in a British cryptic crossword.
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Why is partying and having a good time bad?
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I've lived, laughed, lost, and loved again the whole Shakespearian thing.
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When we saw our plane on TV as breaking news, it was the most surreal experience. A lot of the women were crying. There was a gentleman who was writing in his journal and crying. Seeing that isn't easy.
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There is something enormously compelling about Fran Cutler. She is a thrilling bundle of energy and enthusiasm.
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I'm an obsessive person. I like intensity.
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If it's music, I love it.
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Even though I made $800 million, I am still grounded.
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I lived in small town out in the desert and my friend used to steal his mom's car in the middle of the night. He'd drive over to my house, I'd sneak out and we'd go out to the desert and just burn things down.
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The one that I've always wanted - and I have Scott Rudin in my way blocking it - is 'Blood Meridian,' which Cormac McCarthy has offered to adapt into a screenplay.
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Never is the gospel of Jesus Christ more beautiful than in times of intense need, or in times of a severe storm within us as individuals, or in times of confusion and turmoil.
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Petals are a plant’s eardrum. Distant sounds make them quiver like the needle of a seismograph.
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What people have thought of me, of the turns that I've taken, has never really played into my decisions.
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I'm a bit of a propagandist.
