David LaChapelle Quotes
The key is to photograph your obsessions, whether that’s old people’s hands or skyscrapers. Think of a blank canvas, because that’s what you’ve got, and then think about what you want to see. Not anyone else.
Quotes to Explore
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Our franchises have never been healthier. Our league, in terms of its economic footing, has never been healthier.
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I could work in the shower if I had plastic paper.
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My kids are free to do what ever they want. Because I only advise. I don't make them do anything.
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My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were demonstrating laser surgery on a chicken. I was so mad that a chicken had to die, I never ate meat again.
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I graduated from UC San Diego, wanted to work in film to get my hands-on real experience, did music videos, TV, feature films, all kinds of stuff.
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Medicine, you see, is my first love; whether I write fiction or nonfiction, and even when it has nothing to do with medicine, it's still about medicine. After all, what is medicine but life plus? So I write about life.
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Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
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I have super-supercurly hair, and it's a constant struggle.
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There's nothing called a perfect pick-up line. Men always have to face the risk of rejection.
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Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.
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As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music.
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When I was a kid, of course I wanted to be the fastest, the loudest and the one with the biggest drum set, but obviously my aspirations have changed a bit since then.
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I mean... if you're raised as a decent human being, killing somebody is against every moral thing you've ever been taught. And so, generally, in combat it's 'krauts,' the 'gooks,' the 'yanks' - whatever you want to do to try and make it so that it's not a human being.
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They all hope I will go broke and I wouldn't like to cause them displeasure.
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I've always had this sneaking suspicion that I get a kick out of the insecurity.
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In 1916, Universal Studios released the first filmed adaptation of Jules Verne's novel '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.' Georges Melies made a film by that name in 1907, but, unlike his earlier adaptations of Verne, Melies' version bears no resemblance to the book.
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Chile's mines are very dangerous; the country has a lot of earthquakes.
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I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit.
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Nothing is impossible to the mind. All it's guidance and power are available to you. When you fully realize that thought causes all, you will know there are never any limits that you yourself do not impose.
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I've always been someone who really watches other people, human behavior. To watch it and be able to express it through your version has always been really exciting to me.
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It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important.
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For me as an artist, pop culture has so much power and influences society on a regular basis - I see it in the kids; I see it in everyone that I encounter. Everyone is influenced by pop culture whether we want to be or not.
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There are so many amazing plant-based foods out there that I don't feel the urge to eat tofu bacon.
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The key is to photograph your obsessions, whether that’s old people’s hands or skyscrapers. Think of a blank canvas, because that’s what you’ve got, and then think about what you want to see. Not anyone else.
