Mark Rothko Quotes
I am dealing not with the particular anecdote, but rather with the Spirit of Myth, which is generic to all myths at all times.
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Dance and I are synonymous, and nobody can take away dance from my life. Also, I cannot look at dance in an inert way; it's my passion, and I get keen on being part of any show or film that has dance!
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I cried like a baby. When no one could see me or hear me. Not because I feared what cancer would do, but because I didn't want the disease. I wanted my life to be normal, which it could no longer be.
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I want to make it clear that I honestly answered every question put to me during the so-called Iran-Contra hearings. But if they didn't ask me about something, I wasn't about to reveal things that would put other people in jeopardy.
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I'm not a religious person, and I'm not too interested in being a part of a religion, but I do like having some sort of communal gathering, and having some sense of peoples.
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Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete comprehension.
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Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don't draft people; it's not jury duty.
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Tears at times have the weight of speech.
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I'm my own worst critic and I think everyone in the band is a perfectionist.
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India has progressed to a stage where a divorcee status hardly matters. What matters is that you raise a positive, independent, well-behaved and intelligent child.
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There's nobility in hard work, traditional values.
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I read a lot on the subject and had many conversations, and I have come to the conclusion that the Catholic Church is a force for evil.
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Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to no other evil more certain than ill temper.
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To ask if I am mischievous is the understatement of all time.
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I have about nine guitars in all, so obviously I'm into collecting.
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I didn't get nervous when I ran, but I get nervous watching other people now. I root for anybody with a USA on their chest.
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Critics do their job, and I take their criticism seriously.
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If someone looks genuinely interested and asks me a deeply personal question, I'll give the answer. I'm too open.
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You go to something like the Golden Globes, and it's the most glamorous place you could ever be, but then you go home and you're still like, 'Urgh, this dress is too tight, I wanna take off these shoes and put on my pyjamas.' At the end of the night all the glamour goes away and you're just a human.
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I try not to take much time off for lunch, so I usually end up with a tossed salad from the local deli.
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There is this mythology that says that when people are born, their brains are essentially fixed very early on and they're not able to change their connections. I was aware that was a myth and that people could learn new skills.
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When I got out of Yale Drama School, I was completely broke.
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Business? It's quite simple; it's other people's money.
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I steer clear of books with ugly covers. And ones that are touted as 'sweeping,' 'tender' or 'universal.'
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I am dealing not with the particular anecdote, but rather with the Spirit of Myth, which is generic to all myths at all times.
