Kehinde Wiley Quotes
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We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
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I like to do the splits onstage.
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My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.
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I write synopses after the book is completed. I can't write it beforehand, because I don't know what the book's about. I invent something for my publisher because he asks for one, but the final book ends up very differently.
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I used to think religion was just more of the same thing. Dump responsibility on the big guy. Now I see an importance in that. It's a relief to accept that not everything is under your control.
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Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines.
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If you work harder than somebody else, chances are you'll beat him though he has more talent than you.
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Speed can't always get you wickets.
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It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.
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Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.
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People sometimes mistake being serious with being taken seriously.
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Richard Donner is one of the few directors in Hollywood that can make whatever movie he wants exactly the way he wants it. No one will stop him.
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My dad's funny. He's laid back and a cool guy.
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You have to find ways to relate to the characters you get to play. Put it in terms and in a context that speaks to you.
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If I had my druthers, I would be a brain in a jar, with a burlap skirt around the cart I'm on - I don't attend to my physical being much.
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The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick.
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L.A.'s always been good to me.
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I have always liked a challenge.
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Kids like us don't often have the chance of meeting a great warrior like you. Would you have a little fencing match with me? It would be frightfully decent.
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Books teach children to see the world through the eyes of others and empathise with others. It's about the story.
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Nobility, without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem.
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Couldn't imagine any other way of living, outside of books, outside my work. Which doesn't mean I am not interested in other things, of course - I am interested in many things. But the center, the crux, is always literature.
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What you get when you put all your resources behind a product, is you get everyone to join in.
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I think it would be really interesting to paint Obama.
