Kenneth Rexroth Quotes
The modern sensibility attempts to drain the contents of experience; these Greek poets strive to state the fact so poignantly that it becomes an ever-flowing spring - as Sappho says, 'More real than real, more gold than gold.'
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Since 2000, I've been based in Paris at the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville, curating the programme there. Internationally, it's a very open situation that goes beyond national boundaries; directors and curators move from one country to another, which has opened up the museum landscape.
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Parodies of commercials are by no means new and have been popular going back to black-and-white TV shows of the '50s.
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I ain't just collab-ing with anybody. Because I don't care about making friends. I got enough friends.
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Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.
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The way women today are treated in Saudi Arabia is a direct result of the education our children, boys and girls, receive at school.
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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
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We want a marriage with our customers, not a relationship.
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I don't really yell at people.
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I hear a lot of bad TV commercials that try to sound like Where It's At. That pretty much turned me off from using the electric piano for a lot of years.
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Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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Oh, I'm quite the impulse buyer. Most of what I buy is stuff for my Jeep, 'cause it breaks down a lot.
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A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.
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I am capable of much more. I guess every artist feels that way. If you are satisfied, you begin to stagnate. I want to grow as an actress every day. There are so many things you can learn, and you can improve upon your skills and abilities every day.
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To be half-naked for a Greek mythology movie, it's a piece of art. You know, there's nothing vulgar in there.
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I cook everything from Italian to Cajun food. I have now mastered the roux for gumbo. I love cooking.
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I'm not a politician.
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We played every bar, party, pub, hotel lounge, church hall, mining town - places that made Mad Max territory look like a Japanese garden.
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I, Maggie, personally cannot tell you that you're going to save the planet. But what I do know is that we can draw a line to an issue that can conserve what we already have and what's left in a way that we can actually breathe the air, drink the water, actually grow things in soil - that matters in a real, practical way.
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Acting requires a great amount of empathy for real lived human experiences.
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Now God comes to thee, not as in the dawning of the day, not as in the bud of the spring, but as the sun at noon to illustrate all shadows, as the sheaves in harvest, to fill all penuries, all occasions invite his mercies, and all times are his seasons.
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The modern sensibility attempts to drain the contents of experience; these Greek poets strive to state the fact so poignantly that it becomes an ever-flowing spring - as Sappho says, 'More real than real, more gold than gold.'
