David C. Driskell Quotes

We were told, no, you don't do. There was this high standard of morals and a sense of responsibility. That didn't mean that everybody stuck to those laws, but we were cognizant of the importance of trying to live up to that code.

David C. Driskell

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• Responsibility
• Importance

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• I really believe you can predict when someone has a great attitude, a real well of talent.

  

  Taylor Hackford
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• The one thing that you simply have to remember all the time that you are there, is that Hollywood is an oriental city. As long as you do that you might survive. If you try to equate it with anything else you'll perish.

  

  Olivia De Havilland
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• When I saw Arnold say that he didn't need a union, because people in his position don't need it, I thought, this is a very naive way to present yourself. It's also kinda dumb about making movies. It doesn't realize how the union movement even helps the star.

  

  Warren Beatty
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• I usually sleep just a few hours a night.

  

  Jackson Rathbone
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• Most virtue is a demand for greater seduction.

  

  Natalie Clifford Barney
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• What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Never
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• I always wear flat shoes, because I can't walk in anything else.

  

  Sadie Frost
  • Always
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• My desires are simply I love to teach, I love to be in uniform, I love to throw batting practice, I love to be with the kids.

  

  Gary Carter
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• When we think about the past, we think, 'It must have been so boring.' It's actually not.

  

  Caitriona Balfe
  • Think
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  • Boring

• I believe... we were told that the 'Bluetooth AirPods', whatever they are, can be used on anything that supports Bluetooth audio.

  

  Walt Mossberg
  • Believe
  • I Believe
  • Audio

• I'm not going to lie. I check the iTunes charts. It's all about the iTunes charts. I only go on the Internet for the iTunes charts and basketball blogs.

  

  Nate Ruess Fun.
  • Basketball
  • Internet
  • Lie

• You just put yourself into your work, and you can do anything you want, depending on how hard you want to work for it.

  

  T. J. Miller
  • Work
  • Want
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• A lot of people said to me, 'Enough with the guest vocalists for a while. We want to hear the Mexican play the guitar!'

  

  Carlos Santana Santana
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  • Me
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• I do have too many eight-inch heels which I never get to wear.

  

  Cameron Russell
  • Never
  • Wear
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• As an Indian, I would like to back my government.

  

  Kapil Dev
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• I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist.

  

  Nat King Cole
  • American
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• O meu coração é um pouco maior que o universo inteiro.

  

  Fernando Pessoa

• There are three kinds of people-the living, the dead, and those at sea.

  

  Tad Williams
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• I want to do stage again, because there just aren't words for how great it is. People say that all the time, 'There's nothing like live theater, blah blah,' but it's really true. I see a show and I know how they feel, and it feels great.

  

  Anna Kendrick
  • People
  • Time
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• Looking back, it puzzles me that my parents decided to stay in Shanghai when they must have known that war was imminent. But the cotton works were my father's responsibility, and duty then counted for something.

  

  J. G. Ballard
  • War
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  • Parents

• All the research shows that being married, with all its ups and downs, is by far the most effective way of making young men law-abiding and giving them a sense of purpose and self-worth.

  

  Ferdinand Mount
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  • Law

• Top technologists have a tremendous capacity - and, therefore, a tremendous responsibility - to build things that make a positive impact on the world.

  

  Joe Lonsdale
  • World
  • Responsibility
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• In all things there is a law of cycles.

  

  Tacitus
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  • All Things
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• We were told, no, you don't do. There was this high standard of morals and a sense of responsibility. That didn't mean that everybody stuck to those laws, but we were cognizant of the importance of trying to live up to that code.

  

  David C. Driskell
  • Law
  • Responsibility
  • Importance