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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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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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 a very private person. My life story isn't for everybody.
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I've always wanted to take up work that my heart is convinced about. And I shall continue to do so.
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I learned Punjabi before I learned English in spite of the fact that I was born in Canada.
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I'm from New Orleans, Louisiana. It's not a black-and-white type of thing down there. It's a very cultural place. Everybody has the same accent. It's not like if you're white we can't hang with you or anything like that. So it's easy for us to call each other out on our things.
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Many of us have questions about what Trump's positions really are. We want to make sure we are on board with each other.
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I really am into crystals. I'm a real positive thinker. I believe in creative visualisation.
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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.'
