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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Of course people think Washington is arrogant. It is.
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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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Quality is everyone's responsibility.
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I think there's a culture in Rajasthan Royals that has been there before I got here, so I've come into it. I've enjoyed being part of it and embraced it. They are quite clear about the fact that bottom lines are important, and there is a certain limit on what you can spend.
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When I started painting 17 years ago, I never imagined that anyone would look at my work or buy my pieces. But now I do about 14 exhibitions each year.
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You have to have a big vision and take very small steps to get there. You have to be humble as you execute but visionary and gigantic in terms of your aspiration. In the Internet industry, it's not about grand innovation, it's about a lot of little innovations: every day, every week, every month, making something a little bit better.
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You know it's important to have a Jeep in Los Angeles. That front wheel drive is crucial when it starts to snow on Rodeo Drive.
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The mechanism of violence is what destroys women, controls women, diminishes women and keeps women in their so-called place.
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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.
