Kehinde Wiley Quotes
One of the things that has inspired me so much is knowing that I felt like I could never measure up.
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The tribal system from which the Celt never freed himself entirely was the curse of the Celtic race, predooming it to ruin.
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Anyone familiar with my work knows that I am extremely critical of all religious faiths.
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Personally, it was a big honor for me meeting so many families of the fallen soldiers and hearing their stories.
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If I could be more vague I'd write more about people in my life, but I hate hurting feelings or making people feel uncomfortable. I've done that before. Unless they're sad songs. Those get finished fast, but the mean ones often end up at the back of the bottom drawer and it's probably for the best.
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God isn't really interested in our batting averages.
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By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.
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A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.
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We were all so different, temperamentally from one another, it's impossible to believe that we were together for so long. The cast and crew. How could we be more different from one another? It's difficult to imagine. But something lovely came of it.
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Without siblings you get quite a skewed vision of yourself and of the world. I always felt I didn't understand how it worked. I remember feeling quite lonely.
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Life started getting good when I started making money.
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If you're going through friendship issues, I would say, first of all take a step back. How important is the friendship to you? Sometimes, if someone's not being a good friend to you and isn't treating you the way you should be treated, then you kind of have to move on sometimes.
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In a sense there is no 'opposition' in Bahrain, as the phrase implies one unified block with the same views. Such a phrase is not in our constitution, unlike say the United Kingdom. We only have people with different views and that's ok.
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To me, success is choice and opportunity.
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If you look at Indian movies, every time they wanted an exotic locale, they would have a dance number in Kashmir. Kashmir was India's fairyland. Indians went there because in a hot country you go to a cold place. People would be entranced by the sight of snow.
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I worry about everything in the world, and it's just too much for anybody to think about, so I have my art as my consolation.
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If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.
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In the spring of 1993, I married Beverly and moved to the woods. This is something I could never have imagined myself doing.
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I think it is the height of ignorance to believe that the sexual act is an independent function necessary like sleeping or eating. Seeing, therefore, that I did not desire more children, I began to strive after self-control. There was endless difficulty in the task.
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The vampire story is something that has existed since 'Nosferatu,' and I don't think it's gonna go away.
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I'm a hands-on dad. I love my kids more than anything. It's very important to me. I'd give myself a 10 out of 10 for being a dad.
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Every member of the U.S. Armed Forces knows what they signed up for, and they know what their job is, and they are proud of their job.
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I am one of the million or more male residents of the United Kingdom, who a year ago had no special yearning towards military life, but who joined the army after war was declared.
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No man's brain is so dull, and no man's eye so blind, that they cannot catch food for dreams.
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One of the things that has inspired me so much is knowing that I felt like I could never measure up.
