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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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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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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Sense the blessings of the earth in the perfect arc of a ripe tangerine, the taste of warm, fresh bread, the circling flight of birds, the lavender color of the sky shining in a late afternoon rain puddle, the million times we pass other beings in our cars and shops and out among the trees without crashing, conflict, or harm.
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When you're on stage, unless you surrender to the moment, you're not telling the truth. I look for people that tell me the truth.
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I'm good at following my own grooming advice.
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Watch the things you say you can't believe, and then recall the things you accept without thinking, like your own existence.
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I want my boys to have an understanding of people's emotions, their insecurities, people's distress, and their hopes and dreams.
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I think I can try the film world out for a while.
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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.
