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 think you grow up every year, every day. You learn something new and try to really worry about what's important in life.
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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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My life has been forged by middle class values: faith, hard work, deep respect for America and all that she stands for.
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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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My brother is really, really slow.
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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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Only in a popular war against France... do I see a misfortune.
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If four things are followed - having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance - then anything can be achieved.
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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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This planet is 15 million years overdue for an asteroid strike like the one that killed the dinosaurs.
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If this whole acting thing doesn't work out, I'll just get a talk show.
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The life insurance industry is filled with good people who believe in their work and their companies, but who may never have challenged the assumptions underlying their efforts.
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There was a time in my life when I was travelling to football grounds five days a week. Combined with TV work and the hours spent driving to different venues as well as watching the game, it took up an enormous chunk of my life. But I'm getting older, and those days are long gone.
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There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden.
