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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Folks have to pin me down because, for one thing, I don't have a laptop. I don't have an iPhone, and I refuse to carry them because they're immensely hackable.
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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 believe everyone should have healthcare. In all my correspondence - I've been saying for years - it's a right, not a privilege.
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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 believe in singing.
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Some wars are unavoidable and need well be fought, but this doesn't erase warfare's waste. Sorry, we must say to the mothers whose son's die horribly. This will never end. Sorry.
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I've never wanted to be put into a box, not musically.
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I would go to war with words, not weapons. I would die talking before I lifted a weapon.
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Our public education system does a great job. I don't think it's broken. We aren't interested in doing reform for reform's sake. I believe in public education; it did a great job for me. It deserves our support and encouragement.
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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.
