David Hockney Quotes
People tell me they open my e-mails first, because they aren't demands and you don't need to reply. They're simply for pleasure.
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The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English.
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I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.
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At night, I love dressing up. I love putting on an outfit.
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For the year after I left government service, I worked as a consultant to the Republican National Committee because the lawyers advised that was the proper way for me to comply with ethics regulations and continue to advise the President.
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I think the American people are very smart in understanding our country is very trustworthy with nuclear weapons. We've had them from the beginning. But they have also been critical for keeping the world more at peace than it would have been if it hadn't been for the American nuclear umbrella.
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I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
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In 1942, everyone was ready to go and fight for the good guys. It was so simple.
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I think the process is one of using the camera and sound in the way a detective uses a magnifying glass: to find the clues. They're discovery devices, not performance devices - you're watching things the way a cat does. You're not judging. You're there to witness something.
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Good God, do you mean to say this place is a club?
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How can I wage political battle against a widow who does not mean anyone any harm except only the president himself?
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If I can help a kid feel more comfortable in their skin because they're struggling with maybe the things I struggled with in high school, that's great.
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Complex tasks are often better handled in the back of our mind, and that's often true of creative tasks - when you have something complex to deal with in writing or research or responding to an email. I'll start working, put it aside, and sometimes I'll wake up the next morning with a solution, or I'll find one when I exercise.
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I can't cook to save my life.
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There is no requirement that police stop a person who enters a police station and states that he wishes to confess a crime or a person who calls the police to offer a confession because volunteered statements of any kind are not barred by the 5th Amendment.
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Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.
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It's pretty intense writing about my own life, my own struggles.
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Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.
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I believe it's important that we use names of endearment that reflect a special feeling for the individual involved.
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I think I've always been afraid of painting, really. Right from the beginning. All my paintings are about painting without a painter. Like a kind of mechanical form of painting.
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The one way the world hasn't changed: teaching is still the most important job.
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I was one of the first to read the 'ER' script and the good news is George Clooney still gives me credit for helping to launch his career. I had George Clooney under contract for four years in a row before 'ER' happened. He's one of the few who remembers the people who helped him.
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But nothing will ever change if we keep pretend. People 'live out loud', as you say, not merely for themselves but for a more honest future.
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Your father always suspected that being pretty-minded is simply the natural state for most people. They want to be vapid and lazy and vain—Maddy glanced at Tally—and selfish. It only takes a twist to lock in that part of their personalities. He always thought that some people could think their way out of it.
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People tell me they open my e-mails first, because they aren't demands and you don't need to reply. They're simply for pleasure.
