Christian Marclay Quotes
I've never been a big cinephile, which may be why I could treat 'The Clock' like a puzzle and force the pieces to fit together in odd ways.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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Whether it's through introduction of the right gut bacteria or direct modification of the genes of cows and pigs, I think we're going to have to introduce something like this into our livestock - a way to consume the methane rather than releasing it.
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At no point am I ever threatened by people who question who I am, or why I like the things I do, or my legitimacy. Because I know who I am very strongly, and I think that's what geek culture can reinforce.
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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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When I got out of high school, I started breaking out. I tried everything from A to Z as far as seeing doctors and getting prescriptions. I even did home remedies, and I had no luck. A fan gave me Proactiv, and it cleared my skin, but there were too many steps. I lose everything, and I lost one of the products. My acne started to come back.
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With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive.
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I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
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Yves Saint Laurent was the first person who made me feel like a woman.
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Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.
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My bag always weighs a ton. I carry my whole bathroom with me. You never know what's going to happen in a day!
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We want every human being in the womb to be safe, not have these babies be killed to solve some dilemma.
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I didn't grow up with a mother, so I don't have that resource to rely on and ask a million questions.
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Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes.
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I've been wrestling since I was 18 years old. And within the first five months of my wrestling career, I'd already had three concussions. And for years after that, I would get a concussion here and there, and it gets to the point that when you've been wrestling for 16 years, that adds up to a lot of concussions.
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We create success or failure on the course primarily by our thoughts.
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I really love Alexa Chung's style. I really think she gets it right all the time. I've never seen a picture of her where I didn't love the outfit.
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My biggest asset is not cash - it's a large, growing, devout fanbase.
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The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
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When I was competing, I would run daily 20 kilometers, and in addition to that, I'd put in many hours of fighting and sparring. That's why I was always able to keep the speed in the ring. I would train so hard that sometimes it was not only hard to stand up, but it would also be hard to lay down.
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The original settlers in Iceland were the nobles of Norway who left their native land to avoid the tyranny of Harold Fairhair, who tried to crush their power so as to make himself a despotic king in the land.
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The officials want China to be seen as a cultured, creative nation, but in this anti-liberal political society everything outside the direct control of the state is seen as a potential threat.
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If you go back all the way to the 1920s, filmmakers in Hollywood changed the identity of villains from German to Russian.
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I've never been a big cinephile, which may be why I could treat 'The Clock' like a puzzle and force the pieces to fit together in odd ways.
