David Viscott Quotes
Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.
Quotes to Explore
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Vinyl is democratic, as surely as the iPod is fascist. Vinyl is representational: It has a face. Two faces, in fact, to represent the dualism of human nature. Vinyl occupies physical space honestly, proud as a fat woman dancing.
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I love 'Trading Places,' but 'Coming to America' has one of the things I like to do - I like the multiple characters.
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If you put up a blog, people can cut out the middle man and get material to you. Which is really helpful because a lot of time there's really cool stuff out there that we just don't see. Because, y'know, the agent is acting in our best interest, but it does sometimes prevent some of the good stuff from getting through.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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Of all Iraq's rocket scientists, none drew warier scrutiny abroad than Modher Sadeq-Saba Tamimi.
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I'm mostly drawn to narratives that are difficult for me to visualize.
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I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
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I crave attention and adventure.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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Winston Cup and the Busch Series are two totally different leagues. You get put in different situations.
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With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I've come across gems and stinkers that way, and both can be fun.
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It's easy not to bribe. But it's not so easy to keep a business running at the same time.
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Intelligent analysis of the composer's intention and strict adherence to it automatically ensures sincerity.
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I was always in the popular crowd, but I really had atrocious teeth. I was encouraged to 'do well in school, 'cause no one's going to marry you!'
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We have decommissioned natural selection and must now look deep within ourselves and decide what we wish to become.
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I have no regrets. I've got my health.
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I've actually had a copilot come out of the cockpit on a trip from L.A. to New York and ask me about Charles Manson.
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I always look forward, not back.
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I don't make a lot of distinctions between things like landscape or figure painting, because to me the problems are inherently the same - lighting, color, structure, and so on - certainly traditional and ordinary problems.
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I'm not interested in what other people are doing. That's their business.
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I believe easel painting to be a dying form, and the tendency of modern feeling is toward the wall picture or mural..
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Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.
