David Bowie (David Robert Jones) Quotes

I'll ruin everything you are, I'll give you television.

David Bowie

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• I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.

  

  Harmony Korine
  • Inspiration
  • Movies
  • Video

• Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.

  

  Dan Fogelberg
  • College
  • Painting
  • Arts

• Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as strong.

  

  Barry White
  • Strong
  • Families
  • Brothers

• It's important to get well-rounded right off the bat. A lot of experienced dancers can get pigeonholed into one thing. I've been hired for a lot of different gigs simply because I can do a lot of different things with different levels of dancers. And it's sad to me that some dancers don't do more.

  

  Mandy Moore
  • Important
  • Sad
  • Right

• I feel like there should be a statute of limitations on scoring political points on the tragedy that was Hurricane Katrina.

  

  Dana Perino
  • Political
  • Feel
  • Tragedy

• Tell a man that he is putting on a stage performance in order to get what he wants, and he will irritably reject your observation. Why? Because most people go through life as cunning actors with a permanent horror of getting found out.

  

  Vernon Howard
  • People
  • Life
  • Why

• I have literally played the most interesting parts since I turned 40.

  

  Kate Burton
  • Interesting
  • Most
  • Parts

• Charter laws do something really important. They give educators the freedom and flexibility that they need to attain results. But we also have to invest a lot in the leadership pipeline to take advantage of that freedom and flexibility.

  

  Wendy Kopp
  • Important
  • Freedom
  • Leadership

• There is a thing that happens when you are not as privileged and you start hanging out with a seedier crowd because you can afford to do the same things, ... And all of a sudden the big night out is sitting in somebody's trailer, smoking something or getting hold of something to put up to your nose.

  

  Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
  • Up
  • Night
  • Smoking

• When you're up against a trouble,Meet it squarely, face to face;Lift your chin and set your shoulders,Plant your feet and take a brace.When it's vain to try to dodge it,Do the best that you can do;You may fail, but you may conquer,See it through!

  

  Edgar Guest
  • Up
  • May
  • Plant

• I didn't know who she was, but I knew she was hungry, so I started handing out $100 bills and called the office and told them to bring me a bunch more. Then I had my cousin's store deliver a bunch of smoked ham and turkeys. I mean, these people are hungry and living under a bridge.

  

  Joe Jamail
  • People
  • She
  • Bridge

• Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator.

  

  Antoni Gaudi
  • Nature
  • Support

• Funding that is focused on the ability to diagnose diseases precisely will just have inestimable value because that's the gate through which precision medicine has to go. Unless you can diagnose the disease precisely, care has to remain in the hands of expensive institutions and expensive caregivers.

  

  Clayton Christensen
  • Value

• I vaguely remember in the '90s when Calvin Klein started making unisex CK1. Don't worry about whether it's made for men or women. Listen, we all like to put mum's clothes on sometimes. What's important is that it feels right for you.

  

  Mark Ronson
  • Men
  • Important
  • Women

• I've always done pretty well in auditions. I just go in and give it my best shot.

  

  Ariel Winter
  • Done
  • Pretty

• I love my work. It's been good to me.

  

  Carl Kasell
  • Good
  • Work

• I never dreamt to be a princess in my life; I really dreamt to be an actress, but I dreamt of princesses on screen.

  

  Marion Cotillard
  • Life
  • Princess

• I'm thrilled of the acceptance I get abroad. The people are so hearty, warm and grateful and I feel privileged having seen so many countries and some of the greatest monuments.

  

  Daniel Radcliffe
  • People
  • Acceptance

• I'm so loud, as if I know what I'm on about, but deep inside, I'm so insecure. Just a little girl.

  

  Katie Price
  • Girl
  • Deep

• If you can't do something willingly and joyfully, then don't do it. If you give up drinking, don't go moaning about it; go back on the bottle. Do. As. Thou. Wilt.

  

  Peter O'Toole
  • Giving
  • Drinking
  • Bottles

• Blog culture has a hard time digesting narratives, but it has an easy time digesting 'big ideas' pieces.

  

  Hanna Rosin
  • Time
  • Culture
  • Ideas

• The amount of God's love is unlimited, but we only receive as much as we use.

  

  Corrie Ten Boom
  • God
  • Love
  • Receive

• One of the big things right now is the DJ is a spectacle, isn't it? You have the enormous light show, smoke, explosions, and fire. There's a dude with a USB stick playing somewhere in there, but the spectacle is created out of lights and lasers and whatever. The original idea of DJing - being a shadowy figure in the corner while people were having a party - is not the one that makes money and is massively popular internationally.

  

  Joe Goddard The 2 Bears
  • Fire
  • Show
  • Smoke

• I'll ruin everything you are, I'll give you television.

  

  David Bowie
  • Art
  • Giving
  • Entertainment