Chris Marker Quotes
I chose a pseudonym, Chris Marker, pronounceable in most languages, because I was very intent on traveling.
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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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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 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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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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We humanitarians, as our name suggests, believe that man has an ethical duty to man. We believe that the value of any system is measured by the consideration given to all human beings, not just to a favored class: and by that standard, our present system is a miserable failure.
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She has seen the mystery hidUnder Egypt's pyramid:By those eyelids pale and closeNow she knows what Rhamses knows.
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Hassan slumps to the asphalt, his life of unrequited loyalty drifting from him like the windblown kites he used to chase.
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Now everything is available at the push of a button, and that thrill of the search is gone. With vinyl albums and special edition releases, I feel like that's coming back.
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People have told me that I came to this industry at its Golden Age. But when I was there, it was just an age.
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Not very good, I am afraid. But now really, do not you think Udolpho the nicest book in the world?" "The nicest—by which I suppose you mean the neatest. That must depend upon the binding.
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I read my own books sometimes to cheer me when it is hard to write, and then I remember that it was always difficult, and how nearly impossible it was sometimes.
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I chose a pseudonym, Chris Marker, pronounceable in most languages, because I was very intent on traveling.
