Damien Hirst Quotes
People don't like contemporary art, but all art starts life as contemporary - I can't really see a difference.
Quotes to Explore
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.
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I tend to have a pattern of playing misunderstood characters.
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Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
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I get a choice every time I have to open my mouth: that it can be with civility and dignity and grace - or not.
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I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and don't let anyone tell you you can't. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.
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Whenever I do something, it seems so right. And turns out so wrong.
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Every man I meet is in some way my superior.
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Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.
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Over the past months and years, divisions have opened up in Malaysian society. Now it is time for all of us, in government and beyond, to put the bitterness behind us.
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There's definitely something transformative about clothes.
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It feels like a simple human right to be able to be yourself, and yet, what trans people have to go through in order to get to there, it can be so complicated.
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I'm used to being part of 'Game of Thrones' and going into something where you're a small part of something else. You don't want to hold anything up because they've got such a well-oiled machine going.
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Music was always part of my life - my mother says I came out singing. I wanted to be Gene Kelly - or Judy Garland.
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A will finds a way.
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Investors are right to demand a clear path to self-sustainability from every business they invest in, and I believe we should ask for the same from philanthropy.
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Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.
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Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
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I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of 12.
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The more expansive government is, the more perils people face in daily lives, be it from IRS agents or from child support services, or from other agencies that often have little or no legal restraints on their power.
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When a number of crimes - for instance, burglaries - can be linked to the same offender, police often plot the locations on a map. The art of finding the location of the criminal's home based on the crime sites is a key objective in what is known as geographical profiling.
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I don't work with people who ask me questions.
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I feel like if you enjoyed the 119 hours that precede the finale of 'Lost,' is that whole experience ruined by the fact that you might not agree with everything that we did in the finale? I would hope not! I would hope that you would appreciate the fact that you were entertained for 119 hours even if you didn't love the finale.
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People don't like contemporary art, but all art starts life as contemporary - I can't really see a difference.
