David Knopfler Quotes

I don't know to what extent someone can BECOME an artist - you either are or you aren't - and if you are you'll HAVE to make your way to some kind of sickly light, no matter how terrible the soil you were seeded in your nature will out somehow.

David Knopfler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: December 27, 1952

Topics

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I worked in a Starbucks that wasn't very popular - before the big coffee boom in London. My boss didn't take kindly to my incessant sitting. I was like, 'Look, I've dusted everything, the stockroom is all figured out... I would rather sit now so I have the energy when a customer does come in.'

Andrew Garfield

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I went to school for clothing and textiles and thought this is what I was going to do. Then I started working in costumes and literally said, 'I don't know if I can take the actors.'

Melissa McCarthy

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Some women are naturally thin. But there needs to be an appreciation for a variety of types of women because we don't all come in one package. We're not pre-destined to all be a size six.

Andie MacDowell

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I like people to be authentic, thoughtful, and honest.

Robert Rinder

PeopleThoughtfulHonestAuthentic

I like to watch surfers and skaters that are really fast and really powerful and everything flows.

John John Florence

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I think, for me, it's very important to have a good team and to feel comfortable in the environment.

Ana Ivanovic

GoodMeTeamThinkFeelEnvironment

It used to be you did TV or you did film. Now it's like a media blitz.

Stephen Dorff

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Linda Svendsen's 'Marine Life' was important. I was nearly 22. Larry Mathews discussed the book in a creative writing class. We examined her stories, figured out how they worked.

Michael Winter

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As a child, I had been told that I was exactly what a ballerina should be.

Misty Copeland

ChildBeenBallerinaShouldHad

You know when they have a fishing show on TV? They catch the fish and then let it go. They don't want to eat the fish, they just want to make it late for something.

Mitch Hedberg

FishingFishYouLateKnowWant

I have no aspiration whatsoever to be the next great leading man.

DeForest Kelley

GreatManNextLeadingAspiration

I have definitely refocused Lowercase Capital on later-stage deals and my existing portfolio.

Chris Sacca

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