David Bowie (David Robert Jones) Quotes
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Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.
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I'm quite intuitive about what I pick. Often it's to do with what I've just done and how I'm feeling.
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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Hmmm... I never get the answer I think I'm going to get.
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And I have known the arms already, known them all - Arms that are braceleted and white and bare But in the lamplight, downed with light brown hair!It is perfume from a dress That makes me so digress?Arms that lie along a table, or wrap about a shawl. And should I then presume?
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Caste is not just a division of labour, it is a division of labourers.
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Clarice: getting cold feet There's still time!Toni: We can just call everyone and say we're terribly sorry but something came up and we have to leave town!Clarice: ...But what about the five gallons of baba ganoush, and all those tofu pups?Toni: Shit. I forgot. Well, I guess we'll just have to go through with it, then.
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'I hear you are going to In-jea. A most interesting country. I had a very good time there in my early youth. You must do the pig-sticking in Rajasthan. And you will find the people most agreeable in their own way. They have been most uncommonly decent to my niece.' (Galbraith, Ambassador’s Journal, 36)
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When the world wide war is over and done And the dream of peace comes through We'll all be drinking some free bubble up And eating some rainbow stew.
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As I get more confident as a filmmaker, I don't need to prepare so much in advance. I can trust that I and my team can come up with a solution.
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Chris Brown is brilliant. That cat is crazy brilliant, and I wish him the best.
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I was told in high school that the last game during your senior year stays with you forever, which is true.
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Usually, I think, every film I've made has been a book, and I've always read it.
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'Moldova: Yes or No?' That's a great app, and we actually used the geo-locator on your phone, so if you are in Moldova, it will say 'Yes, you're in Moldova.' I'm so excited. People need that. That's the whole point. The whole reason you buy a $500 phone is to see if you are... in Moldova. Or not.
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Confession alone is not necessarily good for the soul.
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If you want ideal health, you need to overcompensate and eat an excellent diet.
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If we're going to have debates, let's have real debates.
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My M.F.A was in directing, and all the films I've made, for film school and after, I've written, directed and shot.
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I see no marks of Wordsworths style of writing or style of thinking in my own work, yet Wordsworth is a constant presence when I write about human beings and their relations to the natural world.
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We cannot get to where we dream of being tomorrow unless we change our thinking today.
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In the dark everyone felt the same: the edges blurred. When I think of myself then, what I was like two years ago, I feel like a wound in a bad place, prone to be bumped on corners or edges. Never able to heal.
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We, as designers, have a job with so many possibilities and connections. We are connected to so many different portals, from art to movies to music to design. Fashion is always evolving. Actually, the field is huge. I don't think there is another profession that is so open to so many possibilities.
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When you think about it, Adolf Hitler was the first pop star.
