Kehinde Wiley Quotes
Artists should be able to thrive and allow their ideas to flourish as much as those in biotechnology or finance.
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Can I throw harder than Joe Wood? Listen mister, no man alive can throw any harder than Smokey Joe Wood.
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When I was 17, I used to really think about what I wore every day.
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Conrad Hilton was very generous to me in the divorce settlement. He gave me 5000 Gideon Bibles.
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There are individuals who can support you, but frequently, you have to risk putting yourself out there - and sometimes you just have to push.
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One of the great joys of being a slip fielder who takes a catch is you are able to contribute to the bowler's success. Yes, you are putting yourself in the firing line if you stuff it up, but you must want to be in that position to make a difference, and recognise sometimes that you might make mistakes. There are no easy catches in the slips.
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Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth.
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To be a mother you must be strong. Even if you don't feel it, you have to pretend.
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All white people in the United States have benefited from a white supremacy. But does that mean that a white person should be viewed badly because they turn against a white supremacist policy? Just because you've benefited from something shouldn't disable you from repudiating it.
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No one remembers who climbed Mount Everest the second time.
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It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
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We will reject interesting opportunities rather than over-leverage our balance sheet.
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A Gentle Knight was pricking on the plaine.
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It may be inverted snobbishness but I don't want old style, Old Etonian Tories of the old school to succeed me and go back to the old complacent, consensus ways. John Major is someone who has fought his way up from the bottom and is far more in tune with the skilled and ambitious and worthwhile working classes than Douglas Hurd is.
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The philosopher is ultimately compelled to transcend not merely the dimensions of common opinion, of political opinion, but the dimension of political life as such; for he is left to realize that the ultimate aim of political life cannot be reached by political life, but only by a life devoted to contemplation, to philosophy.
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The whole point of remaining on cable is to remain true to who I am. That's a bad, bad girl that got a big job.
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I feel like when things are really hectic it's important to carve out time for yourself.
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We journalists are never so idiotic as when we analyze things that we shouldn't be analyzing.
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My life revolves around my writing, my wife and my son.
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Leave alone whatever arise in the mind. Do not seek to change or alter anything. It is all perfect as it stands.
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In the divine Scriptures, there are shallows and there are deeps; shallows where the lamb may wade, and deeps where the elephant may swim.
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I get offered varied parts, often super sexy roles. But I still think it's an issue to find the good scripts. It's a myth that you win an Oscar and you get more opportunities, and this doesn't just go for me.
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I'd be lying if I said Hollywood wasn't still an ambition; it's everyone's, isn't it? You're getting paid very well, you're working with great actors and great directors - who wouldn't want to be a part of that? But it's not going to break my heart if it doesn't happen. This business is about doing good work rather than how famous it makes you.
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One thing about television, it brings out personality. People are able to watch me in action. They hear my voice and see my eyes. There's nothing I can hide. That's me. Television brings out your flaws, your weaknesses, your strengths, and you truths. The audience either likes you or it doesn't.
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Artists should be able to thrive and allow their ideas to flourish as much as those in biotechnology or finance.
