David LaChapelle Quotes
I went to art high school and thought I'd be a painter. Unfortunately I didn't finish high school, but that's always been part of my work.
Quotes to Explore
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In order to make further progress, particularly in the field of cosmic rays, it will be necessary to apply all our resources and apparatus simultaneously and side-by-side; an effort which has not yet been made, or at least, only to a limited extent.
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Somebody was asking me the other day - President Bush is now talking about freedom for the Arab world. I say, well, that's great. I was talking about that fifty years ago.
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I have a general sense of mission, and I intuitively know when something is influencing that mission. I think this is what I'm supposed to be doing. Doors keep opening. In the end, it's the best use of my skills. I've finally consented to the idea that I'm an artist.
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As a musician myself, it annoys the hell out of me to watch an actor trying to play a guitar out of time with the music.
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Now that I have kids, I don't want to do so many daredevily things anymore.
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I really don't believe in magic.
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The Democratic Party is the party of the status quo.
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I like having a smaller family. I think the more people you have in the family, the more people there are to have problems with.
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It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.
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The violence in the world comes about because we human beings are forever creating barriers between men who are like us and men who are not like us.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world.
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If I can go out there and be everywhere on the field, that's what I can control.
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Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
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Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
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For better or worse, a lot of people who build things don't want to part ways. They don't have the short exit plan that a lot of the investors have.
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When I was a 7-year-old girl, in my bedroom, on my karaoke machine, I would sing 'On My Own' or do a one-woman version of 'Les Miserables.'
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I would be happy if they just gave out nominations and there weren't any Oscars. But winning them is definitely an experience - to get up there and make a speech. Every film is hard work, and a few lucky people do get Oscars for what they do, and it's recognition for all that hard work on a certain level.
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Sport must be accessible to working class youth.
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I am for the art of underwear and the art of taxicabs. I am for the art of ice cream cones dropped on concrete.
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When the simple word processors came in, writing became crisper, less dense - just because of the way we could instantly edit on the screen. Now the ability to mash up words and pictures and links and songs and tweets is what matters. I can't imagine what writing will be like in 2154.
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My best advice to young women looking to get into both travel and tech is to put yourself out there, get out of your comfort zone, and be persistent.
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I ought to rejoice in the fact that our principal rival has died, but I don't.
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I went to art high school and thought I'd be a painter. Unfortunately I didn't finish high school, but that's always been part of my work.
