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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People say, 'You should let your hair out; you shouldn't be oppressed - you're not in Malaysia anymore. You should show your curves and be proud of it.' But I am proud - it's my choice to cover up my body. I'm not oppressed - I'm free.
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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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It is better that one's customers come to one's shop than to have to look for them abroad.
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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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For me, soccer was a dance.
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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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You might say, 'Can't we have a more human Christianity, without the cross, without Jesus, without stripping ourselves?' In this way we'd become pastry-shop Christians, like a pretty cake and nice sweet things. Pretty, but not true Christians.
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When people ask me what is an editorial cartoonist, I often say we're kind of a hybrid. We're a cross between Edward R. Morrow, Ted Koppel and the Son of Sam.
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We are God's creation, and we have a responsibility to keep ourselves at our best.
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A visionary leadership is required to harness rapid technological change for positive benefit rather than allowing to become disruptive and further exacerbate economic inequality.
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I chose a pseudonym, Chris Marker, pronounceable in most languages, because I was very intent on traveling.
