Marlene Dumas Quotes
I have always been interested in how you can depict suffering without being heavy-handed.

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You know, I'm kind of a wild crazy workaholic guy.
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Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.
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I've been playing concerts for many years, and it's still as exciting as it was the first time. I hope that shows when I'm performing.
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I'm a natural blonde!
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I had always been feeling uncomfortable in my mind about giving advice to others and not acting upon it myself.
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We're really blessed that we've been as well received as we have been.
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By the end of 2020, the only region of the world that will still have a lot of 2G connections may be Africa.
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Good education, housing and jobs are imperatives for the Negroes, and I shall support them in their fight to win these objectives, but I shall tell the Negroes that while these are necessary, they cannot solve the main Negro problem.
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I can't design anything unless I'm excited by it, meaning I have an urge to wear it.
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I developed 'Trapped' because I was fascinated with the idea of a terrible crime in a small town cut off from the rest of the world.
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As President Obama clearly said just a few months ago, China must play by the international rules, the international trading system from which they've benefited so much.
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I draw every day - unless I'm being interviewed.
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I would never suggest anyone to stay at a company more than six or seven years. We grow as individuals and the world is moving so fast. Typically, I'll always sell a piece of each of my companies along the way.
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I am going to be the next Ryan Gosling.
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When the Republicans controlled the House from 1994 -2006, Democrats like Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, Henry Waxman Charlie Rangel, John Conyers and Rahm Emanuel weren't saying we need to move right to win. They stuck to their philosophy. And they fought against Reagan and they fought against the Bushes. And eventually they did win.
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I hear so many writers say - and these are writers that I trust completely - 'I just started hearing a voice', or, 'The characters came to life'. I am filled with loathing for my own characters when I hear that because they do nothing of the sort. Left to their own devices, they do nothing but drink coffee and complain about their lives.
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You know what 'DOUBT' stands for? It stands for 'Debate On Understanding Bewildersome Thoughts.'
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I love the scent of jasmine, honeysuckle, and orange blossom. They remind me of gardens and visits to the ocean I would make as a boy.
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In our culture, I feel like everyone just wants the good life, the dream life, but I'm learning to embrace suffering because with suffering there's so much good that comes out of it.
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We must suffer to the end, to the moment when we stop believing in suffering.
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As you get older, you suffer fools less easily. That's why there's all those cranky character actors. I'm an exception. I'm a sweetheart.
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The mind should be allowed some relaxation, that it may return to its work all the better for the rest.
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I have always been interested in how you can depict suffering without being heavy-handed.