David Ignatow Quotes
I should be content to look at a mountain for what it is and not as a comment on my life.
Quotes to Explore
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I listen to jazz mainly. Mainstream jazz.
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Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.
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We are ready to work hard, work together to re-elect President Barack Obama. We must do it because women deserve to make their own choices and determine the course of their lives.
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In my opinion, the vast majority of scripts written - as well as most movies that are released - are not very original, well-written, or interesting. It has always been that way, and I think it always will be.
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It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.
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I've covered the White House and been yelled at by presidents.
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Sport can bring communities together and can release a lot of pent-up emotions.
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I have one talent, and that's figuring out what people want about two minutes before they know it themselves.
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It's called 'I Wanna Thank You,' and I'm encouraging everybody out there to blog, Tweet, Facebook, anything about it. Let's sign a petition. The petition is called 'Busta Rhymes Make 'I Wanna Thank You' Your First Single.'
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Manouri is a Greek ewes' milk cheese that's light in colour and texture. It's fresh and milky, and goes well with other subtle flavours.
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One of the things I love about music is live performance.
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I just think that pick-up lines in general are horrible. None of them work.
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Only conviction sells. Well, when we are insecure, we really don't have that 100 percent conviction. Once we have it, we can tide over everything.
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A first-rate soup is more creative than a second-rate painting.
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Historically, aggression unanswered has led to more aggression.
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I'm not clever enough to be in machinations and real politics.
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Most of western culture is a distortion of reality. But reality should be distorted; that is, imaginatively amended. The Buddhist acquiescence to nature is neither accurate about nature nor just to human potential.
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Many hooligans discover to their shame that they have scruples; they have roots and, greatest disadvantage of all, they have hope. The fathers superior of the order do not try to influence their children in Satan; they merely shake their heads in sorrow. They know that the apostate must work out his own damnation.
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Savage – There is only one way fit for a man – Heroism, or Master-Morality, or Violence. All the other people in between are ploughing the sand.
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It is only people who are lacking, or bad, or inferior, who have to be good at things. You have always been full and perfect, so you had nothing to make up for.
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People say to me, 'Do you dye your hair?' and I say, 'Well, does f**king Siouxsie Sioux? Does Bowie?'. Of course I'm going to have a decent haircut. It's one of the first things I learnt to do - get a few songs together and get your hairstyle right.
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Growing up on a mountain in Tennessee, I spent most of my childhood outside.
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I should be content to look at a mountain for what it is and not as a comment on my life.
