David Luiz Quotes
Never ask for approval in your work. Life is your own, inspiration is your own, you create alone, and the results are your own - and that's good enough.
Quotes to Explore
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What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.
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I chose New Orleans because New Orleans chose me. This city gave me my dad and my love of life.
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I know one of the reasons God gave me kids was to test my patience.
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Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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Younger customers are the future, but older customers have the money. So you need both: one for the present, and the other for the future.
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Most of my songs start out as being very aggressive and guitar-driven.
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Unrequited affection is very painful for the lover, but it can have unexpected, creative consequences.
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I've never been in a relationship before. I've only been in unrequited relationships where people haven't loved me back. I guess I'm a little bit attracted to that in a bad way.
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Well I look for an accompanist that does his work well, this to begin.
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I think we all attract troublemakers; I don't think it's particularly about anyone. I had it actually as an album title, and I thought it would be really cool to write a song about a girl that's a bit of troublemaker.
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I've wanted somehow to convey to you the sensations - the atmospheric pressure, you might say - of what it is to be seriously a long-term prisoner in an American prison.
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I've been reading ghost stories ever since I could read. I'm immensely curious about ghosts and UFOs and all that stuff, but I'm a very hard-headed person.
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My mother was a children's librarian. I remember when traditional stories were revised for modern audiences until they bore only a nodding acquaintance with the originals, but were released as 'authentic Indian stories' when they were, in fact, nothing of the kind.
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Youth is not restored by the dyeing of your hair.
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All of technology, really, is about maximizing free options.
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My father was very chic. My mum was always encouraging me. Some parents would say, 'Why don't you be a lawyer, a doctor, or something more important?' They never said that.
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People sniff out when you try to fake something or be something you are not.
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The jet stream is the controlling influence over the world's weather systems.
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With enough emotional intensity and repetition, our nervous systems experience something as real, even if it hasn't occurred yet.
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At least three time per day at scheduled times, he had to ask himself the following question: Am I being productive or just active? Charney captured the essence of this with less-abstract wording: Am I inventing things to do to avoid the important? He eliminated all of the activities he used as crutches and began to focus on demonstrating results instead of showing dedication. Dedication is often just meaningless work in disguise. Be ruthless and cut the fat.
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I'm always sexy. You gotta stay sexy.
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Never ask for approval in your work. Life is your own, inspiration is your own, you create alone, and the results are your own - and that's good enough.
