Art Tatum Quotes
Look, you come in here tomorrow, and anything you do with your right hand I'll do with my left.
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At 21 years old, I could produce 400 people like that.
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I miss my friends in public school, but it's kind of a part of something that you have to give up. I'd rather perform than go to public school.
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We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
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I'm probably borderline OCD. I insist on having all objects at right angles to each other. So a fork has to be at a right angle to the knife on the table. The salt and pepper pots have to be placed close together. Only recently have I started to notice it's a weird way to behave.
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Whenever I've been well-known or hitting the press, I've always had to get my credit card out to prove I'm Damien Hirst.
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I don't want to do anything like Can't Hardly Wait, I don't want to do anything like Scream. I saw all those movies, and they were good, but they're just not what I want to do.
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Once you're a Virginian, you're always a Virginian.
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The whole idea is whatever you do, have fun with it; try to make sure that it's quality and something you don't mind putting your name on.
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Nobody in France would ever say 'He's a Jewish novelist' or 'She's a black novelist,' even though people do write about those subjects. It would look absurd to a French person to go into a bookstore and see a 'Gay Studies' section.
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Foucault's genius is to go down to the little dramas, dress them in facts hardly anyone else has noticed, and turn these stage settings into clues to a hitherto un-thought series of confrontations out of which, he contends, the orderly structure of society is composed.
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I do not find it easy to articulate thoughts about religion. I remain the sort of person who turns off 'Thought for the Day' when it comes on the radio.
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The truth is women use contraception not only as a way to prevent unintended pregnancies, but also to improve their health and the health of their families. Increased access to contraception is directly linked to declines in maternal and infant mortality.
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Whatever I have done so far has led me to 'Kaabil.' It is a big opportunity for me to establish myself more commercially. It is a huge platform.
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People are intimidated in court, and I try to make them more comfortable.
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I've dressed thousands of actors, actresses and animals, but whenever I am asked which star is my personal favorite, I answer, 'Grace Kelly.' She is a charming lady, a most gifted actress and, to me, a valued friend.
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We've seen the power of the PC, and we've seen that it's unstoppable.
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As David Cameron realizes, we do not have time for the tweaks and increments favored by institutions built to resist change.
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The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.
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The biggest culprits in the housing fiasco came from the private sector, and more specifically from a mortgage industry that was out of control.
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I wanted to direct more than I wanted to act. And I found I couldn't do everything.
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'Thenceforth they thought that, rationally concluded, doubt could become an instrument of knowledge.'
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By the cold and religious we were taken in hand - shown how to feel good; and told to feel bad.
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Look, you come in here tomorrow, and anything you do with your right hand I'll do with my left.
