David Means Quotes
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My real passions are horses and playing polo. I care a lot about that and staying fit and in shape.
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The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.
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Beauty is not just a white girl. It's so many different flavors and shades.
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If you're changing the world, you're working on important things. You're excited to get up in the morning.
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Gossip can be entertaining: occasionally, I've heard the most fascinating things about myself I never knew.
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With Twitter, you can build your own virtual trading floor and research department, populated by the smartest people on earth. Almost any subject or sector has you can think of, you can find a few people with an expertise in that area.
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Fiorello LaGuardia saved City Center. The real man saved it, and he made this building into a performing arts venue.
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I still owe a duty of loyalty to my clients and former clients, so I cannot specify which clients I did not especially find congenial, but the cause was the same.
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Everybody laughs the same in every language because laughter is a universal connection.
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I train as hard as I can every time I train and I do extra training every day and I've done that since I was a young boy.
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I started out as a dancer as a kid; I've been dancing since I was 4. So, performing was always part of what I was. I don't know if it I enjoyed the response I got from people or if I liked having an audience, but there's something in me that wanted to perform.
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What is the Geneva Convention on wars! I have never read it.
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If you can find a frock you look nice in and can run up three flights of stairs, you're not fat.
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I think it's really important to remind, reinforce people that their lives have value, you know? That their lives have worth.
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In my early professional years I was asking the question: How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his own personal growth?
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So it must be my mental, because sometimes when I start on the tee, I still worry about whether my ball is going to hit right or left.
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I always wish I had a road map for how to navigate my life as a parent and a producer, but in truth, it's a lot of trial and error.
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Everyone focuses on the earthly state, but how cool might death be? I believe in spiritual rebirth, and I can't wait to experience that.
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At times it seems as if you're a glorified babysitter with these guys, but they're all really good people. You just want to keep everybody happy. One of the biggest things is to keep the lines of communication open and just to keep everything running as smoothly as possible.
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Irregular contact with doctors means many men fail to receive any preventive care for potentially life-threatening conditions. In addition, when men do seek care, embarrassment can often prevent them from openly discussing health concerns with their physicians.
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For me, the heyday was in 1959. It was before the Ferus Gallery moved across the street, in the days when Ed Kienholz and Walter Hopps ran it. At that time, art was taken very seriously in terms of being an artist, and not as a profession.
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If you're a painter and you want people to know who you are and recognize your work, you've got to build some long-term value.
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We're all building our narratives in our heads.
