Chris Marker Quotes
I chose a pseudonym, Chris Marker, pronounceable in most languages, because I was very intent on traveling.
Quotes to Explore
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The United States may be a religious nation. But it is also a nation with a strong commitment to separation of church and state.
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I have always believed that life is too short for rows and disagreements. Even if I think I'm right, I would prefer to apologize and remain friends rather than win and be an enemy.
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Unlike President Obama, I am not afraid to state, without a wink or a nod, that the government has no right to tell us who we can marry or not marry.
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Trade agreements are important because they open up new marketplaces to small businesses, which ultimately translates into more jobs and greater economic growth.
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Any idealism is a proper subject for art.
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I didn't get anything published until I was thirty-three, and yet I'd written five novels and six or seven plays. The plays, I should point out, were dreadful.
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The one thing I'm absolutely obsessed with lately are gadgets! New cell phones; I walk around with three phones because I have all the new ones, and I can't choose which I prefer.
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It is fascinating to watch legislators turn away from their usual corporate grips when they hear the growing thunder of the people.
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I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before he wrote them.
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I was a huge Beatles fan. The Stones, Dylan. Later on, I got into Stevie Wonder, and Bill Withers - he's one of my heroes. Al Green, too.
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Working with the same people is so much quicker and frees up your energy for other things.
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I know of musicians who have played together for decades who hate each other. The Modern Jazz Quartet for one.
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I think as you get older, you realize there's always going to be critics. Critics are going to win every time because they can change their critique based on the stats and their own personal feelings.
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There's a call to adventure. It's something in the inner psyche of humanity, particularly males.
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When people get placed upon a pedestal - when they start chasing after that person on the pedestal - they become mannequin-like.
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The Negroes have little invention, but strong powers of imitation, so that they readily acquire mechanic arts. They have a great talent for music, and all their external senses are remarkably acute.
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has been in existence for most of this century.
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Whether we think of Disney's blonde beauty and her pumpkin carriage or Marissa Meyer's recent recasting of 'Cinderella' as a cyborg in the young adult novel 'Cinder,' we know that there are countless modern retellings of the tale.
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No subject is terrible if the story is true, if the prose is clean and honest, and if it affirms courage and grace under pressure.
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Truth is always truth, untruth is always untruth. This is what matters, this is right desire.
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All I want to be is very young always and very irresponsible and to feel that my life is my own-to live and be happy and die in my own way to please myself
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I chose a pseudonym, Chris Marker, pronounceable in most languages, because I was very intent on traveling.
