Frida Kahlo Quotes
I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.
Quotes to Explore
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The day after I got an agent, I got called in for a role in a TV movie called 'Legion Of Fire: Killer Ants.'
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There's nothing I like more than picking fresh vegetables then putting them in the dinner you make that night.
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When we show up in a city, we ask, 'Where's the best restaurant? What's the best beer?' You start doing that, and you get exposed to a lot of great stuff.
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If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.
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I regard myself as a beautiful musical instrument, and my role is to contribute that instrument to scripts worthy of it.
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I don't think that my work is very moralistic - at least, I try to avoid that. I grew up with that sermonising tendency, and I don't think visual work operates like that.
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As a child or young adult going through an illness, it can be stressful at times and boring and extremely alienating.
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For makeup, a bit of blusher - what you call bronzer - a bit of an eye, and an eyelash curler.
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When you go somewhere like Kenya and you see how the children don't have pencils and pens, and all of these things are considered luxuries, and what a privilege they see education as and how hungry they are to learn, I wanted to give my brother and sister long lectures. That definitely stayed with me.
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Wild at Heart made a few people angry-they thought I was exploiting women by showing that when a woman says no she really means yes.
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It's kind of hard in politics to forget that you're a Democrat or a Republican and remember that you're a father and a grandfather... and that they're entitled to more than they're getting.
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If you think health care is expensive now, just wait 'til it's free.
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I'm the same kid who used to hop the trains with headphones and just go to downtown Manhattan, walk around and listen to music or walk through the city. The fame restricts that. It's a small complaint in comparison to the benefits I get from it, but the restrictive part is what I don't like - and the fact that it's not reversible.
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I know how long it takes me to draw a page, how long it takes me to complete a project, how long I can work before my hand gives out, that sort of thing.
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I don't have bad taste; I have no taste. I wear a lot of the things I wore in high school, but not the cowl-neck sweaters. I was never tall, and I am the same size, so I still wear a lot of those clothes.
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I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.
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The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.
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Why does my brain insist on counting the steps every time I walk up a flight of stairs? I just can't help myself. There's something about my mind that always wants to keep counting.
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I would have to say my favorite thing about hosting 'Redneck Island 4' was the cast. They were the most genuine, fun, and down-to-earth Southerners. They just reminded me of the kids I went to school with.
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Gandhi held no formal position of authority. Nor was there an organized army standing behind him. What he did have were his core beliefs and the audacity to speak truth to power.
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I like to look at the glass half full.
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I don't care about that scum! Why should I receive a prize? I know that I'm a genius!
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Ecology is a dirty seven-letter word to many people. They are like heavy sleepers refusing to be aroused. 'Leave me alone! It's not time to get up yet!'
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I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.
