David LaChapelle Quotes
We're bombarded with images. Take the time to stop and look at something then connect with them and maybe they're thinking the same thing, I used a lot of devices to catch the eye of people who have seen a lot of stuff, having worked in advertising and in editorial. I have learned to get someone to stop and look at something, that language.
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Occupy Wall Street means making Wall Street and the corporate power elite understand that the people affected by the binge of unregulated greed are not going away, and they are not going to give up.
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When you are missing someone, time seems to move slower, and when I'm falling in love with someone, time seems to be moving faster.
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I've got plenty of quirks. I go to an office early in the morning. Early in the morning is really good writing time. I take anywhere between six to eight showers a day. I'm not exaggerating. I'm not a germaphobe: it's all about a fresh start.
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If you love things or ideas or people that contradict each other, you have to be prepared to fight for every square inch of intellectual real estate you occupy.
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Creativity is generating ideas that are novel and useful. I define originals as people who go beyond dreaming up the ideas and take initiative to make their visions a reality.
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Hamish and I rarely go to launches or parties any more but prefer to spend our time hanging out together.
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People often ask me why I don't take up more heroine-oriented roles. My question is, 'Where are these roles?' I really appreciate actresses who sign only films with meaty roles. However, there aren't too many of them. The industry is simply male-dominated.
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People say, what is she thinking? I'm thinking: fun; cash; travel.
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When I started training to fight, it was more out of boredom than anything. I was looking for more things to do. I started with boxing, and my coaches told me I had a lot of potential and that I should consider making it a career. I was like, 'Whatever.' I was just 15 at the time, and I never imagined something like that.
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The future is keeping you out of the present time.
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You never know how much time you got.
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I am always surprised people are surprised that people haven't read things.
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'The Driver' wasn't commercially successful at the time, but when I was a teenager, I had no knowledge of that.
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Chinese people themselves, they really want change.
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Most commonly, I've been recognized from people who aren't actually from England.
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So certainly, if we can tell evil stories to make people sick, we can also tell good myths that make them well.
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Beware of people carrying ideas. Beware of ideas carrying people.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze. But the book cannot be understood unless one first learns to comprehend the language and read the letters in which it is composed.
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To me, movies is just scratching the surface for the work. There are people who are so, so great at that.
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That - 2012 - was definitely my best year, and sometimes it's hard to replicate that.
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People are fighting over how our heartsongs are different. But they don't need to be the same. That's the beauty. We are a mosaic of gifts. Each of us has our inner beauty no matter how we look.
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Life's full of loss, who knows the cost, living in the memory of the love that never was.
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I like animals, I really do, but some animals are just meant to be eaten.
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We're bombarded with images. Take the time to stop and look at something then connect with them and maybe they're thinking the same thing, I used a lot of devices to catch the eye of people who have seen a lot of stuff, having worked in advertising and in editorial. I have learned to get someone to stop and look at something, that language.
