Dave Liebman Quotes

Art is constant tension and release. That is where artists live, between the two, or at times, submerged in either. The challenge is never ending perfection is impossible, it could always be different, better, or worse. It's not important, just process and striving to be like the man who walks the trapeze maintaining balance.

Dave Liebman

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• When I first met Elvis, we had so much in common and became fast friends.

  

  Wayne Newton
  • Friends
  • Common
  • Fast

• There was just a lot of comedy on the TV in the house, and my parents are both very funny.

  

  Kate McKinnon
  • House
  • Parents
  • Funny

• The American tradition of Washington and Hamilton and Madison and Lincoln and TR and Pat Buchanan is of economic nationalism - making America an independent, self-sufficient, sovereign forever country that's able to stand on its own feet.

  

  Pat Buchanan
  • Country
  • American
  • America

• Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids.

  

  Tavi Gevinson
  • Art
  • Kids
  • Think

• I love to see women who are comfortable in their skin and dress to suit their body - that looks fabulous because it's authentic.

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • Women
  • Love
  • Dress

• Medicine, you see, is my first love; whether I write fiction or nonfiction, and even when it has nothing to do with medicine, it's still about medicine. After all, what is medicine but life plus? So I write about life.

  

  Abraham Verghese
  • Life
  • Love
  • Medicine

• Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.

  

  Mae West
  • Rain
  • Boyfriend
  • Save

• Don't be afraid to fall flat on your face.

  

  Eddy Arnold
  • Fall
  • Face
  • Afraid

• Any story hits you harder if the person delivering it doesn't sound like some news robot but in fact sounds like a real person having the reactions a real person would.

  

  Ira Glass
  • Real
  • Story
  • Sound

• I'm my own hero on the sets; why should I work with other heroes? The Khans did not want to work with me when I started. Why should I work with them now?

  

  Kangana Ranaut
  • Work
  • Why
  • Me

• I just became a vegetable for three months. I couldn't talk to people. I was very ill and that was part of the reason I left college.

  

  Adam Ant Adam and the Ants
  • People
  • College
  • Three

• I have a feeling there were many, many successful rock duos that just didn't get attention. That's the fault of the rock press. They are always playing up controversy, scandal, aggravation, and irritation.

  

  Walter Becker Steely Dan
  • Up
  • Feeling
  • Attention

• A Microsoft-Yahoo merger is a deal only an investment banker could love.

  

  Kara Swisher
  • Love
  • Investment
  • Only

• My mother was a cleaning lady all her life.

  

  Raf Simons
  • Life
  • Mother
  • Cleaning

• I'm not a huge soccer fan, but I follow the sport. I played in high school, a little bit in college, played on various club teams most of my life, and all three of my sons are competitive soccer players and far better than I ever was.

  

  Hampton Sides
  • Life
  • School
  • High

• The history of Europe over the last several centuries provides clear evidence of the transformative power of commerce.

  

  Iqbal Quadir
  • Power
  • History
  • Evidence

• The electro scene is all over the clubs now: groups like Duck Sauce, Empire of the Sun, even MGMT. But I get inspiration from everywhere. I'll go to the gym and put on old albums - Guns N' Roses or old Jay-Z.

  

  Fergie The Black Eyed Peas
  • Inspiration
  • Sun
  • Gym

• I get my gossip from 'Nashville' on ABC.

  

  Caitlin Rose
  • Gossip
  • Nashville
  • ABC

• When I say what I say it’s because what I say has overcome me.

  

  Antonio Porchia

• Portraying as human the people you hear about on the news doing bad things is dangerous. But it's also necessary and important.

  

  Domhnall Gleeson
  • People
  • Important
  • Bad

• I have the luxury of being a little boy... To me, the most important thing in life is to be a human being. Second is acting.

  

  Peter Stormare
  • Life
  • Important
  • Boy

• I do home schooling. I went to regular school until fifth grade, and then I started doing home schooling, which it's completely different. I have a teacher on set with me and I just work with her, one-on-one.

  

  Miranda Cosgrove
  • Different
  • School
  • Home

• I grew up reading a lot of superhero comics, so it's really fun to take a shot at one myself and see what happens.

  

  Jeff Lemire
  • Up
  • Fun
  • Reading

• Art is constant tension and release. That is where artists live, between the two, or at times, submerged in either. The challenge is never ending perfection is impossible, it could always be different, better, or worse. It's not important, just process and striving to be like the man who walks the trapeze maintaining balance.

  

  Dave Liebman
  • Different
  • Important
  • Artist