Chris Ofili Quotes
London was an exciting place to work at one point because, socially, it was very progressive - a catalyst. There were very interesting artists making all types of work, but it got to a point where the social aspect became claustrophobic.
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I loved every place I lived and traveled. London, Paris, Rome, Venice. I fell hard for Central America and Mexico. In each country, I had fantasies that I could live there.
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If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule.
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Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
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Progress, real progress, makes me cry harder than anything. When the world itself grows.
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Serena and I have done some great career planning, and we're playing really at the peak of our tennis right now. I think tennis has been a sport where people play this insane schedule from 14 years old, so of course at 26, it's over. We've really paced ourselves.
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Histories are to educate so that we understand better for ourselves and for motivation.
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Very much alone in my work, I am almost jealous of it.
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The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system.
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When we read fiction, we want to get outside of ourselves and are able to see from a perspective we haven't seen through before. That can be very powerful.
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I bring spiritual books with me while travelling. I like books about thoughts and how you see the world.
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It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
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The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing.
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There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives; To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands.
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I find it slightly absurd that the only thing we consume more of than water is concrete.
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After five years in Ferrari, being second all the time, I think it was enough for me.
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I'm thought to be a tough writer, but I'm really a softie.
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There was a bit of a comparison that Bret was making between Vince McMahon and my dad. He looked up to Vince as a dad and stuff, and it was a shame to see the whole thing end the way it did.
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We all have the right to comment about each other.
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There are a plenty of shots that I have been amazed by, but a lot of these shots are played because you have worn an iron mask. Take away the protection, and let me see if they play them. Don't forget that the past players did not have any protection.
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Speaker Ryan's vision for a confident America, both at home and abroad, reflects his thoughtful leadership.
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Without networks like the Black Immigration Network, organizations like Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees would not get the support and resources and amplification that their voices that they need and deserve.
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I have the opportunity to do that right now, to try to work as hard as I can to really leave my footprint in this game that has given me so much.
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London was an exciting place to work at one point because, socially, it was very progressive - a catalyst. There were very interesting artists making all types of work, but it got to a point where the social aspect became claustrophobic.
