David James Elliott Quotes
Maybe our young people are not as vacuous as we would like to lead ourselves to believe - that all they're interested in is hairdos and looking at other beautiful people. Maybe they're interested in learning something.
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I'm not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.
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Fitzgerald was a modernist.
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One of the biggest lessons I've learned during my time on 'Oprah' is that everyone wants to be heard. We all want to have our humanity acknowledged - to have others see us for who we truly are. We all want to know that we are valued, we are heard, we are understood.
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Most of the people nowadays send their things by internet. But I cannot work that way. I like to do it myself.
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But a city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time.
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If we keep an open mind, too much is likely to fall into it.
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
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I'm not a babysitter.
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Of course there are times when I think, 'I'd be better out of this.'
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind of mob of the town, so you remember how you felt as a kid being taken seriously, that you are part of the human drama.
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'Game of Thrones' has multiple story lines, multiple countries, and it's complete fantasy.
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Item numbers are not my cup of tea.
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My youngest sister belonged to a group called the Twelve Tribes for many years. She recently left, with her husband and four children. Talking to her about her experiences in the group is fascinating, moving, and enlightening.
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And I will show that nothing can happen more beautiful than death.
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When I was a kid, I wanted to be a baseball player.
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The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs.
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When I write a song, it comes from the heart and is based on a specific experience. You can't really say that one experience is greater than another, because all of your experiences take you through life on this journey.
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Various different people have inspired me throughout my career. From Francis Bacon to Vassareli, Coco Chanel to Christian Dior, Cecil Beaton, musicians, architects... the list is endless.
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The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.
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You come back from war, and you have a certain authority to talk about war.
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We do not see a purpose in giving news updates if there is no news. I find it kind of pathetic and moronic when bands constantly give updates about useless crap in their camp that likely no one cares about. It is cheesy, stupid, and I have no respect for it. We have always preferred staying in the shadows and doing things at our own quiet pace.
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Maybe our young people are not as vacuous as we would like to lead ourselves to believe - that all they're interested in is hairdos and looking at other beautiful people. Maybe they're interested in learning something.
