David Rockefeller Quotes
I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment.
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I have an obsession with fashion - it's another form of expression for me - and I have a growing collection of vintage clothes and jewelry. Being able to play dress-up for my career has been a gift.
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Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.
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I used to watch movies - silent movies - and stock companies and theater whenever I could.
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Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented.
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Initially, it would bother me when filmmakers, script writers, dialogue writers and choreographers tried to recreate a bit of my dad though me.
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Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.
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Small aim is a crime.
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I am not going to talk about my personal life anymore. You have to learn that lesson sometime.
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Over the years, I have realized that there's more to a film's fate than just good acting and a solid script. It needs to be marketed well. It's the package that sells - the songs, action, actors, etc.
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The most enduring stories in literature generally have some kind of crime at their center, whether it's the bloody butchery of 'Hamlet,' the lecherous misanthropes of Dickens or the lone gunman from 'The Great Gatsby.'
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No one wears high heels all day, every day.
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The perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception.
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I've probably read more bad science fiction than anyone else alive. But I've also read more good science fiction than anyone else alive.
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For 'Ghostbusters,' the thing that makes it such an amazing franchise and an amazing idea is that it is adds the element of physics and technology. It's not just about ghosts. Who the heck came up with that? It is such a good idea, such a unique combination of stuff from different genres. Ghosts and sci fi.
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When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.
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Downloading songs is not good.
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I'm not going to run away from my responsibilities.
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Often with television, particularly with lifestyle entertainment, they really try and box you in.
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I could put you in a condo, all the way up in Toronto
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So sometimes the facts are good and sometimes the facts are bad, the important thing from the point of view of a principle as broad and important as freedom of speech is that the courts articulate and set forth in a very protective way what those principles are.
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People are what this election is all about.
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In Europe they look upon jazz as art. In America it's a diversion. Somebody opens a restaurant and installs another band off to the side. People don't listen.
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I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment.
