David Hockney Quotes
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I've gone through stages where I hate my body so much that I won't even wear shorts and a bra in my house because if I pass a mirror, that's the end of my day.
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Black culture has been a huge influence in my life.
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I don't know the right way to retire.
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Trump is a master obfuscator. Like an octopus escaping a predator, he releases a cloud of ink when called to the carpet on one of his many lies. His strategy? Obfuscate, then reference others. 'Millions agree,' 'everyone knows,' 'many have done it.'
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There were dragons to slay in the old days. Nixon was a good dragon.
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It used to be that the black comic figure had to have this bravado and always showed strength.
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I believe that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, if you don't have a good breakfast, then what are you going to do with the rest of your day. I get scared when I don't have a good breakfast!
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One of the greatest gifts we have is our own mistakes and somebody singing about them.
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I approached the problem of utility measurement in 1923 during a stay in Paris. There were three objects I had in view :
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He's a serious mister Shake his hand and he'll twist your arm. With Monopoly money We'll be buying the funny farm. So I'll do flips, and get paid in chips From a diamond as big as the Ritz - Then I'm calling it quits.
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One of the first courses I ever taught at Dartmouth was on the Bible as literature.
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I was always cutting dialogue out when we were rehearsing, and when I produced movies, too. I felt that people don't say things in life - they act, they do things. I always wanted my characters doing, rather than saying what they were doing - which was redundant.
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I will never have anything that is remotely technical near my bath time. I completely zone out and stare up at the ceiling. For me, it's like a form of meditation. It's a time where I can just actually turn off.
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Everything outside doesn't matter when I'm on the court; it's just me and nothing else. Family problems, school, what happened to my father, all the stress goes away.
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I know I'm good enough to contend in each and every major I play.
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Mostly, I spend my time being a mother to my two children, working in my organic garden, raising masses of sweet peas, being passionately involved in conservation, recycling and solar energy.
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At the beginning of each week at 'Saturday Night Live,' we have a full cast meeting where Lorne Michaels introduces the upcoming host.
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My music reflects my strong belief in equal opportunities for all - specifically young girls and women. Many, many children do not have anywhere near the opportunities that we kids did in my community - great schools, public safety, etc.
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I've been trekking the hills and lanes of the British countryside for nearly four decades now and I've come to associate my passion with overexcited poets rather than pampered painters.
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London is a city of clubs and private houses. You have to be a member.
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Negative thinking definitely attracts negative results.
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Be ready to catch the ball when it is thrown by life.
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The more you draw attention to it, the worse it becomes. So it's better just to show up and swallow your pride.
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Of course you can still paint landscape - it's not been worn out.
