Walead Beshty Quotes
I certainly like it if the work is beautiful, but that's a surplus effect. I can only think about that after I consider how it's made.
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Culture is mix. Culture means a mix of things from other sources. And my town, Istanbul, was this kind of mix. Istanbul, in fact, and my work, is a testimony to the fact that East and West combine cultural gracefully, or sometimes in an anarchic way, came together, and that is what we should search for.
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If you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it.
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I'd imagine my wedding as a fairy tale... huge, beautiful and white.
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It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label.
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In the back of my mind, I can never forget this could be gone tomorrow - and at this point I think the odds are against me... the chances of succeeding in this business are slim to none; there's only a handful of people that have long careers. You have to put in the work, you can never be satisfied, never take it for granted.
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I'm trying to work in studio movies, but they won't hire me.
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I studied engineering in the national university, the Universidad Autonoma, in San Ildefonso. There is art everywhere, murals on the walls. It's beautiful.
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In my theater work, I've had much more three-dimensional, broader-stroke characters.
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I think people look at me and don't expect much. Even though, I expect a whole lot.
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The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.
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I had an indie pop phase, I had just about every phase you could think of.
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People who work 44 hours per week make 50 percent more than people who work 34 hours a week.
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I think a lot of people think I'm doing kind of a character onstage, but what you're really getting is just me.
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I want to work with different people, and I would like to work in different places.
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In America, people buy cars, and they put very little money down. They get a car, and they go to work. The work pays them a salary; the salary allows them to pay for the car over time. The car pays for itself.
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I think eventually private enterprise will be able to send people into orbit, but I suspect initially it's going to have to be with NASA's help.
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I hope everybody thinks they've got the best album. I wouldn't have put mine out if I didn't think it was the best.
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If I recall correctly, I think I signed my first contract with Tor in 1983.
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My art practice is very detail-, labor- intensive and I think that that's a way of slowing myself down so that I can hear myself think. That quieter voice has sometimes the more interesting idea, if I can get to it.
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When I walked out on the mound, I felt enclosed. You see, I'd been used to playing on pastures, where when somebody hit a ball you had to stop it from rolling. Well, this field had fences around it.
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Fate is for losers.
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I learned everything the hard way - like, literally, everything. I know that God does that to people that he has lessons for. I just wish that I had learned less extreme lessons.
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I'm a realist and I always have been.
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I certainly like it if the work is beautiful, but that's a surplus effect. I can only think about that after I consider how it's made.
