Marlene Dumas Quotes
I never learned to ride a bicycle, and it is too late now. I never learned to drive. I never learned to swim.
Quotes to Explore
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Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.
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Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.
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Western countries in particular can today no longer be separated from Muslim societies, because they have them within themselves. They are themselves internally globalized.
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It has become cheaper to look for oil on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange than in the ground.
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I think a first-time director always has to convince a lot of people that they're ready to do it.
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Books that change you, even later in life, give you a kind of electrical shock as the world takes a different shape.
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I had a free-range childhood. We lived in town but with a cow, chooks, bees, and multiple veggie gardens so we could live self-sufficiently.
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I'm like 6'2 when I wear heels, so I tend to wear cowboy boots a lot.
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I started the cosmetics in 1994 after I stopped modeling, out of my frustration as a woman of color not finding what I needed.
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We need to invest in healthcare, in education, in the sciences. And in so doing, we will tackle one of the most intractable problems we face, which is gross wealth inequality. We can't fight climate change without dealing with inequality in our countries and between our countries.
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I do not think that any realism is beautiful.
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Part of the advantage, and part of the result of trying to be a producer and director, are the practical things, you find. It's so advantageous to go to a place that you already have a feel for, a literal and spiritual familiarity.
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I feel like a tree. A tree doesn't feel a duty to start doing something about the earth from which it comes. A tree just has to bear fruit, and leaves and blossoms. It doesn't feel grateful to the earth.
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I'm a little bit anally retentive, a little bit OCD, but a whole lot clean.
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When my father was a young actor, it is absolutely true that the vast majority were fairly middle class. Then all of a sudden, people like Albert Finney burst through and turned all that on its head.
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We like to put people on a pedestal, give them one character trait, and if they step outside of that shrinelike area that we blocked out for them, then we will punish them.
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There must not be favoured treatment for those occupying a position of public responsibility.
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I am working to make sure we don't only protect the environment, we also improve governance.
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I hate The Confederate cause. I've always felt that they are our Nazis and the rebel flag was our swastika.
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For nighttime or for an event, I'm all about the nice heel. Something that's still walkable but definitely very elegant.
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The sex you're trading up forWhat you hope is loveIs just another thing thatHe'll be careless of.But though there are caveats galore,You've only got to love him more - And you do;You really do.Even when it's all too clear.
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I'm a big guy, but I'm really simple with the food. I'll hit the In-N-Out or just the regular buffets.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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I never learned to ride a bicycle, and it is too late now. I never learned to drive. I never learned to swim.
