Elizabeth Peyton Quotes
In 19th-century France, artists were part of government. Artists are very sensitive to their time. They're very thoughtful people - it makes sense to hear what they have to say.
Quotes to Explore
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Funny is as funny does, and funny puts on a walrus mask and slowly gyrates in a mall food court. I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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When I was little, we had a Golden Book that had all these Disney characters in one portrait on the first page. My dad used to read from it every night. We'd play this game of find Pluto or find Donald Duck. He'd read us stories and do all the voices. Those are great memories.
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That's one of the things I miss most about Australia - the countryside.
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The biggest public mistake I ever made was that I chose to do 'Criminal Minds' in the first place.
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I still write in long hand. I type like a chimpanzee.
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World music is about taking things from different places and bringing them together - which is great.
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I think everybody understands the fact that the right person will be cast for the role. So it's not theirs really to lose; they're just trying to find the right person.
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Small lending institutions lack the capability of their larger counterparts to hire the additional manpower necessary to deal with the hundreds of additional regulations created by Dodd-Frank.
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You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.
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I'm not really a pianist.
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Sympathetic cracks. A term frequently used by architects and surveyors in terms of ageing houses. I know what they mean.
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Romy and I, we're learning how to share the xx with people who aren't in the xx.
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I played Miley Cyrus' grandma on 'Hannah Montana,' and the first time I was on, they said, 'We love having veterans like you on because she's like a little sponge, and she's really appreciative of all the veterans that are coming on the show, and we just love that you're teaching her.'
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My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.
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There's good economic progress in Malaysia. People have a lot to look forward to.
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Science, in the broadest sense, includes all reasonable claims to knowledge about ourselves and the world.
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To be a fashion critic is easy because you just say, 'I love it, I hate it,' but life is more than love and hate.
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My target is to give everything, and only if we win the trophies will I be relaxed.
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We should expand health savings accounts so people can save in a tax-advantaged way for more routine healthcare needs.
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Everyone had something unique to offer in life and their responsibility was to develop those gifts - and heroes come from all backgrounds.
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I think fear is one of the natural states of most actors, to be honest.
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In 19th-century France, artists were part of government. Artists are very sensitive to their time. They're very thoughtful people - it makes sense to hear what they have to say.
