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.
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I really believe you can predict when someone has a great attitude, a real well of talent.
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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.
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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.
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I usually sleep just a few hours a night.
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Most virtue is a demand for greater seduction.
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What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.
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I always wear flat shoes, because I can't walk in anything else.
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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.
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When we think about the past, we think, 'It must have been so boring.' It's actually not.
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I believe... we were told that the 'Bluetooth AirPods', whatever they are, can be used on anything that supports Bluetooth audio.
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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.
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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!'
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I do have too many eight-inch heels which I never get to wear.
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As an Indian, I would like to back my government.
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I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist.
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O meu coração é um pouco maior que o universo inteiro.
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There are three kinds of people-the living, the dead, and those at sea.
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The life that I aspire to liveNo man proposeth me-No trade upon the streetWears its emblazonry.
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You are as strong as you think you are, you can achieve things you think you can achieve, its all in your head
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We've got to get the system right. That's why we've got this root-and-branch reform under way.
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The ambivalence of writing is such that it can be considered both an act and an interpretive process that follows after an act with which it cannot coincide. As such, it both affirms and denies its own nature.
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I had dreams of conehead aliens when I was little. Before 'Saturday Night Live' did it. And then they came out with them, and I went on to be a glorified extra in the movie. When everyone else was laughing, I was scared.
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What I'm asking for is hard. It's easier to be cynical; to accept that change isn't possible, and politics is hopeless, and to believe that our voices and actions don't matter. But if we give up now, then we forsake a better future.
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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.
