William Dobell Quotes
A sincere artist is not one who makes a faithful attempt to put on to canvas what is in front of him, but one who tries to create something which is, in itself, a living thing.
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There's nobody else that can double me - except for a doll.
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People always say that Randy Moss can't stick to the rules. Even my own rules.
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Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.
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Let's be honest, the physical attracts me first. Then if you get to know the man's mind and soul and heart, that's icing on the cake.
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One of the things about the '70s films I love - the films 'Nightcrawler' is being compared to, like, 'Taxi Driver' - is that they never put their flawed characters into any one box.
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When I sit down to write, I consider myself an artist.
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I sat out a few years because I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do next. So many things were changing in music and in culture, so it seemed like a good time to step back.
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I am not a fashion freak!
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I just don't drink alcohol. I never have; I never will.
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Listen, you make a big movie, you're going into the Coliseum, and people are going to give you the thumbs up or the thumbs down. And that's part of the game. It's part of the fun as well.
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To get Xi Jinping to help with our Pyongyang problem, Trump has dropped all talk of befriending Taiwan, backed off Tillerson's warning to Beijing to vacate its fortified reefs in the South China Sea, and held out promises of major concessions to Beijing in future trade deals.
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It was so strange. I knew that Josephine Baker had performed on the same stage but that night I felt it. Many of the same people who worked with Josephine Baker are still here. They know what they're doing. And that was a very comfortable feeling.
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We do not celebrate the death of our enemies.
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Whenever I visit a city, I like to see what classical music concerts are on offer.
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Love just happens, you know.
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General Motors spends more on health care than steel.
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I often play characters on TV shows that are more sweet and naive and just kind of puppy-dog eyes, and I don't think I am like that as a person.
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I'm on Instagram more than any other social platform.
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You don't help people in your poems. I've been trying to help people all my life - that's my trouble.
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I have a whole area in my closet for displaying shoes. They are in rows. But nobody comes in my closet, so they are only on display for me. It's pretty spectacular.
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When I meet someone who I really admire, I enjoy nothing more than trying to connect with them and asking them about their career. I want to know who the people are behind the performances and how they relate to their performances. But it's maybe not as novel as it once was.
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If I ever go onstage at the Oscars, you can guarantee I'll be wearing my motorcycle boots.
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A sincere artist is not one who makes a faithful attempt to put on to canvas what is in front of him, but one who tries to create something which is, in itself, a living thing.
