Christian Marclay Quotes
You can get so many sounds out of one record. Every record can be used in some way.
Quotes to Explore
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I like to connect with people and suss them out. There's no better way than seeing how they react if you just bear into them.
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There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself.
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My job in this life is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music. In my concerts people cry, laugh, dance. If they climaxed spiritually, I did my job. I did it decently and honestly.
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If we don't do it, somebody else will. The Chinese, the Europeans and the Japanese all have the goal of going to the moon. Certainly we don't want to wake up and see that they have a base there before we do.
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I often reread books I have written.
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My first jobs were all civil service. At 14, I worked for the Canadian National Railways. At 16, I worked for the Canadian Penitentiary Service.
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When I'm writing, I mean what I'm saying - there's a lot of me in each song.
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People ask what my goal is. I don't have a goal.
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I cherish the ballets made for myself by Mr. Balanchine. He never lost his temper. He was quiet, humble, the genius of the 20th century.
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It is safe to make a choice of your thoughts, scarcely ever safe to express them all.
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Mankind is like dogs, not gods - as long as you don't get mad they'll bite you - but stay mad and you'll never be bitten. Dogs don't respect humility and sorrow.
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Working moms, and increasingly working dads, don't want a government handout, but they do need a hand up.
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I'm not a skinny girl. I push it. I'm at the limit of chubbiness at all times, but I'm happy at all times.
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I can afford to get Tesco's finest sandwiches rather than the basic ones.
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Every single aspect of myself, let me put it this way, it's all about trying to incorporate. It's about trying to weave the web and keep everyone happy. And of course, it's about giving value to those people so they continue to sponsor me.
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I'm a registered Republican and consider socialism a violation of the American principle that you shouldn't stick your nose in other people's business except to make a buck.
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The fact that President Obama gave up his public holiday (today is the President’s Day) and held the US-Asean Leaders Summit has shown Washington’s recognition towards the importance of Asean
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It's not necessarily about what career you pick. It's about how you do what you do.
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When you are guilty, it is not your sins you hate but yourself.
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I'm definitely interested in two questions: 'Is anybody ever really irredeemable?' and 'How much are we all prepared to do for each other?'
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The issue of faith is not so much whether we believe in God, but whether we believe the God we believe in. (p.35)
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I'm glad I'm Southern. I'm the Southerner who's very Southern in that she left to move to New York.
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We've got to prove that we can lead, and I'm going to be all-in to help prove that.
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You can get so many sounds out of one record. Every record can be used in some way.
