David Hockney Quotes
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It's a shame in a way that people come and go with one album.
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I am not an enemy of the Negro. We want him here among us; he is the only laboring class we have.
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I think that's what helped us: confidence, respect, the desire to work hard.
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The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower.
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My father had very little formal education.
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I am trying my best to strike a balance. How many hours a day can I work? I work for 12-15 hours a day; it gets very strenuous. I balance between Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi.
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We are like petri dishes, where we can innovate, but we want to do it carefully and thoughtfully.
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I'm not usually attracted to big-budget American films.
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Wal-mart... do they like make walls there?
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I picked up my college copy of 'The Great Gatsby' in an attempt to recover from the movie and was interested to find out what I'd underlined. The answer was basically: everything.
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I have a few unusual fans, as you can imagine, so I try to protect the privacy of my home life.
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We think of the Marine Corps as a military outfit, and of course it is, but for me, the U.S. Marine Corps was a four-year crash course in character education. It taught me how to make a bed, how to do laundry, how to wake up early, how to manage my finances. These are things my community didn't teach me.
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When I first got to L.A., I thought every person in a limo was a star.
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I really don't have an ear for pitch. I can't sing at all, I can't hum melodies and I can't write riffs.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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The environmental crisis arises from a fundamental fault: our systems of production - in industry, agriculture, energy and transportation - essential as they are, make people sick and die.
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Cricket is a self-sustaining industry; but corporates need to realise that other sports don't have that luxury. This is the time when they need to invest, and keep the faith. Every sport has the potential to create world champions. Imagine India as a country full of world champions. Why imagine? Let's just make it happen.
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The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.
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I never need to go far if I need a reminder of how important Medicare and Social Security are to Missouri's seniors. My mom, Betty Anne, is one of millions for whom these services provide a reliable safety net. Across the country, these protections are an integral part of sustaining millions of seniors' health and dignity.
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I wish the dryer were running, because man, I could use a good...tumble dry."-Eve Rosser
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I know what it's like to have a family and not have insurance and really need it. As a comic, insurance was one of those sacrifices I made early on until I could afford it.
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If you want to attract the coolest man in the world become the coolest woman in the world.
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People love to interact in real time, whether it is with each other or with content.
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Art has to move you and design does not, unless it's a good design for a bus.
