David Hockney Quotes
As for the world of fashion and celebrity, I have the usual interest in the human comedy, but the problems of depiction absorb me more.David Hockney
Quotes to Explore
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
Baruch Spinoza -
The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
Earl Weaver -
I'm so tired of stories starting, 'Maud Jones was walking her dog down Broadway.' You've got to go over to the back page somewhere to finally find out the damn dog was run over by a truck. Get the thing told, for heaven's sake. Everybody doesn't have to be an O. Henry.
Walter Cronkite -
It was inevitable at some point that I would bump into one of my father's plays. The reality of the situation is that I'm a jobbing actor, and any actor would give their eye-teeth to have one of those roles. It's a no-brainer! I'm pleased the stars have aligned around 'Arcadia.'
Ed Stoppard -
I tweeted once, and I still stick to this, that I would love to marry a Croatian girl. I want my children to speak Croatian first, and for them to do that, we need someone who speaks very good Croatian.
Nathaniel Buzolic -
I'm not the type of person that is forced.
Abdullah II of Jordan
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
Samuel Johnson -
Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
Mahatma Gandhi -
I hate competition.
Marat Safin -
I'm completely open about the fact that I don't love every genre of metal. I like what I like. It's got to have some vocal quality and some semblance of melody.
Eddie Trunk -
Genius always finds itself a century too early.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.
Barack Obama
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Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.
Edmund Burke -
I don't necessarily think that installation is the only way to go. It's just a label for certain kinds of arrangements.
Barbara Kruger -
Hollywood so often likes to make movies that are just about itself. I felt there were a lot of stories that were yet to be told in the middle of the country, and I wanted to capture some of that beauty.
Sam Jaeger -
French men can be very tough too, you know... Real bad boys move in silence, as we know, so you don't have to be loud and muscular to be scary, actually.
Vincent Cassel -
Gooseberries aren't just for creamy desserts and pies.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
I'm a runner first before anything else.
Haile Gebrselassie
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I found poetry at 12 and 13 and, lo and behold, learned that my attorney father had a background in poetry - as he wore dashikis and Afros in the '70s and named his kids Arabic names. He was a poet and a lot like The Last Poets and Gil Scott-Heron and all of these folks. He definitely was an artist.
Omari Hardwick -
I try to be cool with everybody, but sometimes, everybody just has different personalities, motives, and different characters.
Micheal Ray Stevenson -
To do the Ozzfest again would be great. I'd like to finish with a final Sabbath album. You always feel that it is still a challenge.
Geezer Butler Black Sabbath -
Good God! how often are we to die before we go quite off this stage? in every friend we lose a part of ourselves, and the best part.
Alexander Pope -
As for the world of fashion and celebrity, I have the usual interest in the human comedy, but the problems of depiction absorb me more.
David Hockney