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But I think it's more that when you're young, you're invincible, you're immortal - or at least you think you are. The possibilities are limitless, you're inventing the future. Then you get older and suddenly you have a history. It's fixed. You can't change anything. I find that a bit disturbing, to be honest.

~Damien Hirst

Topics: Anything Bit Change Disturbing Find Fixed Future Get History Honest Immortal Inventing Invincible Least Limitless More Older Possibilities Suddenly Then Think To Be Honest You Young I Think

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I've been asked to do a retrospective since I was about 28 and I always thought that was a bit odd. It's great to look forward as an artist because in the future the possibilities are infinite; you look back and it's all fixed so it's a scary thing.

~Damien Hirst

Topics: About Always Artist Asked Back Because Been Bit Fixed Forward Future Great Infinite Look Odd Possibilities Retrospective Scary Scary Thing Since Thing Thought You

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The eyes of the world are fixed on the U.S. to see if we have the political courage and moral sense to solve our debt crisis.

~Dan Coats

Topics: Courage Crisis Debt Eyes Fixed Moral Our Political See Sense Solve World

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There is this mythology that says that when people are born, their brains are essentially fixed very early on and they're not able to change their connections. I was aware that was a myth and that people could learn new skills.

~Daniel Tammet

Topics: Able Aware Born Brains Change Connections Could Early Essentially Fixed Learn Myth Mythology New New Skills People Says Skills Very

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I learned that you shouldn't take your most esoteric concept and fit it into the largest space with the highest fixed costs. It puts too much pressure on the restaurant to hit grand slams every day when there just aren't enough people who want to watch that sport.

~Danny Meyer

Topics: Concept Costs Day Enough Enough People Esoteric Every Every Day Fit Fixed Grand Highest Hit Just Largest Learned Most Much People Pressure Puts Restaurant Space Sport Take Too Too Much Want Watch Who You Your

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I really don't understand the idea of a celebrity stylist. Is it a real job? I know there's unemployment, but frankly the railways need to be fixed, too.

~Daphne Guinness

Topics: Celebrity Fixed Frankly Idea Job Know Need Railways Real Real Job Really Stylist Too Understand Unemployment

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I subscribe to the myth that an artist's creativity comes from torment. Once that's fixed, what do you draw on?

~David Byrne

Topics: Artist Creativity Draw Fixed Myth Once Subscribe Torment You

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If a policy is wrongheaded, feckless and corrupt, I take it personally and consider it a moral obligation to sound off and not shut up until it's fixed.

~David Hackworth

Topics: Consider Corrupt Fixed Moral Moral Obligation Obligation Off Personally Policy Shut Shut Up Sound Take Until Up

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You had to be aware that I saw that photography was a mere episode in the history of the optical projection and when the chemicals ended, meaning the picture was fixed by chemicals, we were in a new era.

~David Hockney

Topics: Aware Chemicals Ended Episode Era Fixed Had History Meaning Mere New New Era Optical Photography Picture Projection Saw The History Of Were You

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Words can have no single fixed meaning. Like wayward electrons, they can spin away from their initial orbit and enter a wider magnetic field. No one owns them or has a proprietary right to dictate how they will be used.

~David Lehman

Topics: Away Dictate Electron Enter Field Fixed How Initial Like Magnetic Meaning Orbit Owns Proprietary Right Single Spin Them Used Wider Will Words

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