David Hockney Quotes
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I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long time. It's sociology as well as music, which is in keeping with the tradition of black music in America.
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It is all very well and it sounds very seductive to say we are going to have harmonisation of regulations, but for example the way that funds are distributed around the states these days, you are positively penalised if you actually want to have say a lower payroll tax or sort of conditions.
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My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard enough.
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There's a lot of stress... but once you get in the car, all that goes out the window.
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I was never the girl who tore pictures out of wedding magazines.
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I just want to do the best things I can do on the field, do the things I know how to in baseball, have fun.
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It's nice for me to be in touch with a younger generation.
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I looked up to my father when I was 7 and 8. I believed it was my calling to be in the big leagues. I'd been raised by a family that always told me I could do anything I wanted.
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In journalism it is simpler to sound off than it is to find out. It is more elegant to pontificate than it is to sweat.
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Ten years ago, it was really difficult for a young actress to walk onto a set and disagree with the director and having that be OK and have a conversation about it and everyone be cool with it.
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I would rather be the tail of a lion than the head of a mouse.
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I think every business, really, has a unique reason for being, unique assets, unique attributes, a unique history. And that can be turned into a very attractive design story, essentially, that consumers can relate to.
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I do cardio, but I don't like it as much. I'd rather do weights.
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The month of Ramadan is the world's most widespread fast and yet its teachings are minimised, neglected and even betrayed (through literal application of rules that overlooks their ultimate objective).
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I wouldn't mind being the lead guitarist in an incredibly successful rock band. However, I don't play the guitar.
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It often takes time for the Israeli government to get things done.
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Food as a hobby used to be an elite pastime, and it has become something that is totally ordinary for people of every background. In that way, we see the growing up of the American food scene: that it's okay to be a regular person and be really into food.
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If U.S. foreign policy results in massive death and destruction abroad, we cannot feign innocence when some of that destruction is returned.
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The true mark of a leader is the willingness to stick with a bold course of action - an unconventional business strategy, a unique product-development roadmap, a controversial marketing campaign - even as the rest of the world wonders why you're not marching in step with the status quo.
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Most of us, myself included, have forgotten what real darkness is like. We live in a world where light is inescapable. It comes from street lamps, headlights, security floodlights, and even the faint glow of our alarm clocks.
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I may fall here in the Senate chamber, but I will. never make any compromise with any such men.
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There have been points in my life as an artist where I have wanted to capture people's attention, probably to compensate for times when I felt invisible.
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I'm a bit claustrophobic, I know that now.
