Damien Hirst Quotes
My Mum brought me up to believe that if you look after the pennies then the pounds look after themselves, and I could never do it.
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William Lloyd Garrison was up there with Frederick Douglass being thrown off trains and going through what happened in the 1960s in 1840 in Boston.
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I believe in growth - in myself and in the characters I create.
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I believe very strongly in the value of having a diverse team around me that comes from very different backgrounds and different points of view.
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I ended up in the US for a month or so, before moving to Montreal with some Romanian friends.
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People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.
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Well, I happen to believe all business is female business.
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Making money is often more fun than spending it, though I personally have never regretted money I've spent on friends, new experiences, saving time, travel, and causes I believe in.
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I never do anything out of my comfort zone.
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America is our biggest market, and I really do believe if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere.
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I don't feel like an idol to anybody. I don't feel anybody should look up to me.
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I feel totally French – I don't feel half-French because of my dual nationality. For me, dual nationality just means I don't deny my roots.
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My mom started working at the California Shakespeare Theater in Oakland when I was two years old, so I've always grown up around theater.
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Epic were adamant that I should carry on being me. They liked the way I look, my clothes, hats... nothing's changed really.
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Don't see the point in reading ghost-written autobiographies, even though some of these published lives may fascinate me. The 'ghost' is always present, manipulating an interview into first-person singular text, and it feels like I'm reading a lie.
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Drugs scared me.
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I'm not afraid of death. What's to fear? Once you're dead, that's it. Nothing. I don't believe in heaven or hell. That's baloney. What matters is the here and now. Yes, I'm 88, and there are things I can't do: I can't run a race or climb Everest. But isn't life magnificent?
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The look of being too deliberately dressed, with everything cautiously matching, always bores me.
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I like the effect drink has on me.
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Through this additional support, we must renew our commitment to provide talented young people with the opportunity to build scientific careers based on their curiosity, the same opportunity that was provided to me when I began my work.
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
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I don't reflect much, unless I'm talking to the media. I have more of a 'Forward, march!' kind of attitude.
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Good at his job, I guessed, but probably not at ease with things that fall outside his comfort zone. He was going to love us.
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My Mum brought me up to believe that if you look after the pennies then the pounds look after themselves, and I could never do it.
