Anton du Beke Quotes
I think I've got a bit more to offer than just dancing. It might just be me that thinks that, but it's worth saying.
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When I go to my health club, and it's in the basement, you have to take the elevator down. And this drives me crazy. Why can't there be a stairway? At least make it as easy to exercise as it is to not exercise. It's in society's interest for me to take the stairs.
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People say I design architectural icons. If I design a building and it becomes an icon, that's ok.
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There is more to life than show business.
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I bought a company in the mid-'90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I've made lots of dumb decisions. That's part of the game.
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In a way, I envy the freedom artists have. Artists can push themselves beyond their limits, in pursuit of their ideas and their vision, even if they are inhabited by demons that can also play tricks on them.
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There's a lot of creativity in the industry, but I don't necessarily think that the most creative DJs or producers are always the biggest ones.
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Al Gore seems to have found a great political ploy: Picking up whatever issue he is most vulnerable on and championing the cause. Perhaps he will start to champion perjury statutes and obstruction of justice.
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With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me.
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We must never undervalue any person. The workman loves not that his work should be despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.
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My memories are inside me – they're not things or a place – I can take them anywhere.
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The Marcos era was the golden time for the Philippines. We had the lowest crime rate in the world in Manila and real development then. At last, people are starting to understand this.
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You feel yourself working to show something. I've learned to distrust that feeling.
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One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are.
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You should create a work that is so valuable it might eventually sell at a high price, but you've got to concentrate on how you create that artwork.
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My plan was to be able to make a living as an actor.
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I don't think I'm severely politically active. I care deeply, and I have my strong personal beliefs. I think America is dancing on thin ice. But I think it's bigger even than a political issue. I wonder about the evolution of the human race and spirit and what our goals and reasons for living are.
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Consciousness rap - a term that I don't think exactly exists but gets thrown around a lot - is not exactly popular.
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Career-driven millennials are strategic about working obsessively while they are single and earning enough money to afford advanced education. Most are patient enough to wait until 30 or later to develop their dream.
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A lot of people have trouble with their second novel - the dreaded sophomore jinx. I wrote three books in between the two novels, and they just weren't very good.
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I have long thought that anyone who does not regularly - or ever - gaze up and see the wonder and glory of a dark night sky filled with countless stars loses a sense of their fundamental connectedness to the universe.
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Michael Eisner let it be known last week that he had no intention of leaving the entertainment business once he steps down as CEO of Disney in October.
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Rule of thumb: Eat for what you're going to be doing, and not for what you have done. Don't take in more than you're willing to burn off.
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I think I've got a bit more to offer than just dancing. It might just be me that thinks that, but it's worth saying.
