Duncan Jones Quotes
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Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.
Venus Williams -
Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.
Page McConnell -
Sure, 'Les Miserables' can be melodramatic. And seeing the musical instead of reading the novel will save you some time and spare you the long part where Hugo goes on and on about the Parisian sewer system. But I would hate for the novel to lose that.
Garth Risk Hallberg -
There is no point in pointing fingers because there are three fingers pointing back at you.
Hansika Motwani -
It's very difficult to raise money, especially in the United States, for independent movies.
Gael Garcia Bernal -
When I was 13, I started working in a nightclub with Ray Charles. That's the greatest school in the world, the school of the streets. Ray taught me how to read in Braille. He was only two years older than me, but it was like he was 100 years older.
Quincy Jones
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I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.
Rachel Cusk -
Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the future or living in the past. They are not in the present, and the present is where everything begins.
Carlos Santana Santana -
I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
Aaron Paul -
I had wanted to be a sculptor throughout life, but to do so, I had to stop painting.
Fernando Botero -
Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude.
Beck -
In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.
Raf Simons
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If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.
Jackie Kennedy -
I just love dancing.
Usain Bolt -
Sometimes people think Y Combinator has big ideas about themes. But really, we just fund the best startups.
Sam Altman -
I like spending time with my husband.
Lara Stone -
I don't believe in politics; I don't understand any of it.
Maira Kalman -
Many a time I have wanted to stop talking and find out what I really believed.
Walter Lippmann
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Government subsidies can be critically analyzed according to a simple principle: You are smarter than the government, so when the government pays you to do something you wouldn't do on your own, it is almost always paying you to do something stupid.
P. J. O'Rourke -
For me the visual is just as important as the music. I would never record without my red lipstick. It was my way of getting into character, sort of like Method singing.
Christina Aguilera -
I think that consciousness has always been the most important topic in the philosophy of mind, and one of the most important topics in cognitive science as a whole, but it had been surprisingly neglected in recent years.
David Chalmers -
We believe that the state is capable of understanding the needs of the nation; as such, then, the state must participate in the administration and direction of the university.
Che Guevara -
I'm a bit of a geek, actually. So I always wanted my first film to be science fiction.
Duncan Jones