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I would rather die than be a serious artist, or a fake artist. David LaChapelle
Would Rather Fake Than Die Artist Serious
You have to talk about why things happened the way they did. You can't actually explain my political life except by a series of situations rather than by some carefully constructed, rigidly progressed ascendancy. David Lange
Life You Political Carefully Way Some About Rather Constructed Except Talk Political Life Than Did Situations Ascendancy Happened Explain Series Why Actually Things
I rather like mysteries. But I do dislike muddles. David Lean
Mysteries Rather Like Dislike
The business of return migration is a phenomenon that historians have indeed begun to look at, but it is rather an ignored and underplayed story and one that we need to know more about. David Levering Lewis
Business Indeed About Rather More Know Look Return Historians Begun Story Migration Ignored Need Phenomenon
People from all over the world want to be in New York. This rather simple idea took me a long time to learn. David Lichtenstein
Time Me People World Simple Long Long Time Took Rather Simple Idea Idea Over New Learn York New York Want
Art can contextualise and buttress fame. So rather than being antagonistic in the way Fugazi would have had it in 1989, particularly in the present, maybe they are one - they belong to one another. David Longstreth
Art Way Would Rather Had Particularly Another Antagonistic Fame Than Maybe Being Present Belong
Signature film-making seems rather dull to me; it's about finding something you can do something with and running with the ball. David MacKenzie
Me You Signature Running Finding About Seems Something Rather Ball Dull Film-Making
As I get older, I'm looking more and more for films that are actually about something rather than just narrative vehicles. David MacKenzie
Looking Older Films About Something Rather More More And More Vehicles Narrative Than Get Just Actually
Event cinema is what it is, and I understand why it's successful. It started with things like 'Jaws,' which are extraordinary movies. But what we've lost are great character films which are beautifully directed and had great movie stars in them. Films that were about something rather than about spectacle. David MacKenzie
Great Character Cinema Lost Stars Films Extraordinary About Great Movie Something Directed Rather Had Like Beautifully Understand Were Than Movie Which Movie Stars Movies Them Successful Jaws Event Why Things Spectacle Started
For me, novels coalesce into being, rather than arrive fully formed. David Mitchell
Me Rather Arrive Than Being Formed Fully Novels
Each person is responsible only for his or her own sins. Even the Christian doctrine of 'original sin' does not mean that humans are punished for the sin of the first human pair but, rather, that humans seem inevitably to copy the sin of the first human pair. David Novak
First Own Christian Punished Responsible Seem Rather Only Sin Doctrine Does Inevitably His Sins Person Human Mean Original Even Each Pair Original Sin Her Humans Copy
The simple act of sitting down and playing something enormously complex and spiritually uplifting on a harpsichord just bores kids to tears. There's no sizzle, there's no grab. But it's the great lesson of serious music, that it invites you to listen, rather than demands that you listen. David Ogden Stiers
Music Great You Simple Tears Down Lesson Complex Kids Bores Something Rather Simple Act Spiritually Demands Invites Grab Than Sitting Uplifting Listen Just Act Serious Playing
I notice increasing reluctance on the part of marketing executives to use judgment; they are coming to rely too much on research, and they use it as a drunkard uses a lamp post for support, rather than for illumination. David Ogilvy
Post Too Much Judgment Lamp Research Too Increasing Marketing Rather Reluctance Rely Part Support Drunkard Executives Coming Than Much Notice Use Uses Illumination
In many... cases, of course, the Arab Spring has brought about instability rather than greater stability. And rather than bringing about government that is more representative and more responsive to the people, you're seeing, frankly, the opposite, or you're seeing all-out war. David Petraeus
War Government You People Spring Arab Frankly Arab Spring Responsive All-Out Seeing Brought About Cases Rather More Instability Course Greater Opposite Than Stability Representative Many Bringing
Iraq's Sunnis need to be brought back into the fold. They need to feel as though they have a stake in the success of Iraq rather than a stake in its failure. David Petraeus
Success Failure Back Though Fold Brought Rather Feel Iraq Than Stake Need
My parents are artists and they decided they would prefer to paint in the Mediterranean rather than in Scotland. David Russell
Parents Mediterranean Would Rather Scotland Than Artists Decided Prefer Paint
Unlike in Europe, where serving is often a career rather than a backup plan, American table-waiting remains a bootstrap business, and some of the biggest skeptics of waiter training courses and schools are seasoned servers themselves. David Sax
Business Training Unlike Backup Some Rather Remains Schools Courses Waiter Than American Often Where Biggest Plan Themselves Europe Seasoned Serving Career
Free speech is against governments, not against the NBA. So the players and coaches and indeed owners have been fined for their speech, which is costly rather than free. I sort of acknowledge that there is not free speech when you agree to work in the NBA. David Stern
Work You Free Free Speech Indeed Costly Rather Sort Been Governments Than Owners Acknowledge Which Against Coaches Agree NBA Players Speech
What we are doing is, rather than living on the interest of our basic biological capital, we're using up our capital, so we're dipping into our capital. We're using up what should be our children's and grandchildren's legacy. David Suzuki
Living Our Dipping Rather Doing Up Legacy Than Children Interest Grandchildren Capital Should Using Basic Biological
I wanted to do 'Fargo' rather than do a TV production. I've been offered TV things over the years, but usually, that's about that I don't want to be away from home for that long because it's a long time to be away your home country and my family. David Thewlis
Time Home Family Long Long Time Country TV About Rather Over Because Been Years Offered Than Want Wanted Production Your Fargo Away Things
To come up short when you reach too far is not such a bad thing rather than not to reach at all, right? David Twohy
You Too Bad Rather Bad Thing Come Reach Up Than Short Far Right Thing
As an actor, I'd rather turn into Joffrey. Dean-Charles Chapman
Rather Turn Actor
It's fun to watch a show that you can watch with any member of your family, and you're going to laugh, and you're going to be moved, and you're going to have fun, rather than this dark, brooding, cold, 'purely procedural show.' Dean Devlin
Family You Have Fun Dark Cold Laugh Member Brooding Purely Rather Than Any Going Moved Procedural Your Show Fun Watch
I'd rather lose my own money than someone else's. Dean Kamen
Money Lose Own Else Someone My Own Rather Than
I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a new Ferrari. Dean Koontz
People Sometimes Books Gifts Would Give Rather New Ferrari Than
In general, losing weight is a good thing for those who are overweight, but it's important to lose weight in a way that enhances your health rather than one that may compromise it. Dean Ornish
Health Good Losing Important Lose Way Those General Rather Compromise Good Thing Weight Overweight Than May Your Who Enhances Thing
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