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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So many Irish actors overplay that modesty because they're afraid people will judge them and say, 'The state of yer man, he thinks he's great,' or whatever.
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As a Texas loyalist who followed Bush to Washington with great hope and personal affection and as a proud member of his administration, I was all too ready to give him and his highly experienced foreign policy advisers the benefit of the doubt on Iraq. Unfortunately, subsequent events have showed that our willingness to trust the judgment of Bush and his team was misplaced.
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Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
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The sculptor must learn to reproduce the surface, which means all that vibrates on the surface: spirit, soul, love, passion - life. ... Sculpture is thus the art of hollows and mounds, not of smoothness, or even polished planes.
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I had trouble distinguishing art from life. I don't now, and I feel much better!
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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.
