Chuck Close Quotes
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I've fallen victim to worrying about what everybody thinks. It's never going to be that everyone is happy. You just gotta know what you like and go with it.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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It is not only our duty but our moral obligation to break from the oppression of debt. We must rise above the political considerations and do what is right for the future of our nation.
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My parents were both entrepreneurs.
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When I'm making music, I can hear all the parts, all the instruments. I can hear what it should be.
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Antonio Berardi is one of my good friends.
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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It is wonderful to say that your days behind a school desk are over. It's just another phase in your life.
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I don't want anybody to dictate to America how to decide our lives.
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There are wonderful restaurants in London. I love Indian food and I like Arab food, and I go very often to the Arab restaurant Noura.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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John Sayles is good. He's like a good thoroughbred owner - he leaves the trainers alone.
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Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?
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Of course I wanted an agent from the time I was like 5, but my mother was like, 'No, you're going to be normal, you're going to go to school, you're going to get good grades, you're going to play soccer, and if you do well, if you keep your grades up, you can do one community-theater show a year.'
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If God is not sending earthquakes, destroying economies and inflicting pain upon human beings, what is God doing? God works through people, calling them to help their neighbors in need. God comforts His people, walking with them even 'through the valley of the shadow of death.'
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And on election night I'd go down to city hall in El Paso, Texas and cover the election. In those days, of course, we didn't have exit polls. You didn't know who had won the election until they actually counted the votes. I thought that was exciting too.
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When you get to the point where you're established enough that people link you with something, especially being an action hero babe, it's awesome. Because then you can fight the battles and have the crossbows and wrestle with swords and ride the horses because you're already believable; people see you in that genre.
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Those who aren't actors needn't juggle from lean to bulky and back. It's great to maintain a stable body type. Be consistent in your approach towards fitness.
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I've always said that with kids' TV that people get stuck in it from drama school but that's not fair because I know myself that when you go in creatively, kids are so much more open to ideas. You're so much freer to mess about and try things.
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I just think that with music, it's kind of like life, and so the people you work with, you generally develop a relationship. You don't have to try to explain things. You just know. It's like you're in the band together and striving for the same goal.
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Talk about a struggling artist having to work against enormous odds ... But I love movies so much, so I'm going to do it.
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After forty years of close acquaintance with it, I've found that work is kind to its friends and harsh to its enemies. It pays the fellow who dislikes it his exact wages, and they're generally pretty small; but it gives the man who shines up to it all the money he wants and throws in a heap of fun and satisfaction for good measure.
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I don't work with inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work.
