David Means Quotes
What I appreciate about Radiohead's work - and it's most evident in 'Hail to the Thief' - is how the juxtaposition of narratives on the band's albums somehow creates a sense of wholeness.
Quotes to Explore
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Funny is an attitude.
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Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
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To be honest, I think, for me, the power is always with art. The art world clearly couldn't happen without art.
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.
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NRDC has helped bring hope spots to more of our shared ocean waters. We helped draft and pass a California law creating a network of underwater parks stretching from the Oregon border to the Mexican border.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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When I'm making music, I can hear all the parts, all the instruments. I can hear what it should be.
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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
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I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio.
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In my next life, I want to be a housecat. Naps all the time!
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It has always been a dream of mine to put a play on film.
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I only know it takes weeks to recover, as if one had been in a car accident.
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I cannot even remember a time before being conscious of James Bond.
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Of course, I grew up hearing Latin music but, to be honest, aside from my personal circumstances, like most kids I wanted to rebel against what I considered to be such old fashioned fare.
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'Blood Meridian' was without question the novel that made me want to become a writer.
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Writing is the supreme solace.
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I always tell people a clean cooking area is a clean mind which is available for the creativity.
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I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people.
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I think of houses as having their own personality.
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When we look at a thing, we must examine its essence and treat its appearance merely as an usher at the threshold, and once we cross the threshold, we must grasp the essence of the thing; this is the only reliable and scientific method of analysis.
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To shed the past, forget the future and fall into the moment feet first.
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I had an idea, I was passionate about it and I had to work hard to turn that into a big success and more products.
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What I appreciate about Radiohead's work - and it's most evident in 'Hail to the Thief' - is how the juxtaposition of narratives on the band's albums somehow creates a sense of wholeness.
