Damien Hirst Quotes
The difference between art about death and actual death is that one's a celebration and the other's a dull fact.
Quotes to Explore
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I like the detail work of telling a story in small pieces, as is done in movie-making, and also the long leap of faith needed to see a theatre performance through each night. Both require focus and self-discipline.
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My parents divorced when I was seven. Because divorce is messy, for good or ill, they sent me to boarding school.
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When the Taiwan Relations Act passed in 1979, our biggest concern was preventing the use of military force against Taiwan. Little did we know that our friends on Taiwan could so effectively use the space created by our friendship to revolutionize their political system.
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Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
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It's a funny thing about rap, that when you say 'I' into the microphone, it's like a public confession. It's very strange.
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You have to be willing to ask questions that almost no one else would ask.
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I find the whole situation of confronting an audience terrifying.
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I had been playing for about a year and a half when the Beach Boys formed. When our folks went to Mexico on business, we would take the food money they had left us and we would rent instruments.
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My brother married young, and his is the best marriage I know.
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In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
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Education is at the heart of achieving your dreams.
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All I remember is the last time I played a videogame, it was Space Invaders.
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In the summer we graduated we flipped out completely, drinking beer, cruising in our cars and beating up each other. It was a crazy summer. That's when I started to be interested in girls.
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I was definitely nervous for the combine. You train for three months to go out there and perform for three days.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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The bigger we get, I think the more it's changing things, which is great, but we didn't set out to do that. We just wanted to be as big as we possibly could be.
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The U.S. routinely ranks lower than other countries in health outcomes such as infant mortality.
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The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.
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I think that's just part of how it is with making art. Sometimes you're just flooded with ideas, and then other times you're questioning all the ideas you ever had before, and everything is just... lame.
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Playing live is a lost art, and you don't see a lot of bands that go out and play the way the older bands do. It's a celebration, and a lot of people treat it like a commercial or a distraction.
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Oh build your ship of death. Oh build it! For you will need it. For the voyage of oblivion awaits you.
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The difference between art about death and actual death is that one's a celebration and the other's a dull fact.
