Chuck Close Quotes
There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden.
Quotes to Explore
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I need a hobby, and I don't want it to be basketball. I want it to be music. So to get away from music, I do other music.
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When you promise something, you must fulfill it.
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Sydney's beautiful, the weather's great, and the air's fresh and clean, but it doesn't have the scene and the amount of likeminded people. At home, things are very comfortable, but I feel like putting myself out there a bit.
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I did not love reading, spelling, math and science. I struggled. I was a terrible speller.
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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Well, yes, as I was a rather bad actor then and I wasn't making enough money, I thought, to make enough money to not make money as an actor, I'd better do some writing.
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I believe that blues and jazz are the two uniquely American contributions into music.
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Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion.
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The expectation was that 'True Confessions' would be my first published book, but that didn't happen. After it was rejected by every publisher in New York and Canada, I shoved it in a closet and went on to write and publish my next three books.
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I introduced the Food Security Improvement Act in Congress to remedy the fact that most SNAP beneficiaries find themselves skipping meals or running out of benefits every month.
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'Frida' was a joy; this was delicious, I couldn't wait every day to get to the set, although I was exhausted, and have my leg get cut off or lose the baby or be in her shoes and get to play my hero and be able to go places emotionally. You know, we live for parts like this. This is a dream for an actor.
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A lot of movies are made to make us dream.
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The money was going to come and go, between a wife and the IRS. The thrill of beating the best field in golf is what will always stay with me.
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There are ways to win fights, and sometimes you don't always choose the easiest way to win a fight.
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Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought.
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You have to be able to unleash your inner goofball with me.
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I googled 'Gabby Douglas,' and all these things popped up like 'Gabby Douglas makes history!' And 'She's the champion!'
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What I wanted to do was use literature and different kinds of stories and poems as a springboard, tapping into the creativity of our teens - I wanted teenagers to come up with their own creative responses to literature - using books themselves as a starting point.
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I think I'm generally a good listener anyway.
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As far as expectations go, you can never work for expectations. You have to work against them.
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Personally, I've always known that I wanted to go back to work because I'm confident, and I'm certain that my daughter will have a better mother in me if I'm doing the things that I'm excited about and that I'm passionate about.
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All I ask is one thing, and I’m asking this particularly of young people: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism, for the record, it’s my least favorite quality and it doesn’t lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.
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David Bendeth was introduced to me by an entertainment lawyer friend.
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There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden.
