Marlene Dumas Quotes
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I keep in touch with what's real.
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We all must support the arts, as it is our culture. It makes us better people. It makes us happy; it gives us empathy and shows us how to live. It is so important.
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It certainly has not been in my self-interest to defend men.
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I think you can do science fiction, but you have to ground it in some realism. People need to identify with the characters, with their plights and their issues.
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'Can't Stop Dancing' is this other side of me that I was ready to introduce to my fans, which is like, after you hang out with me, you start to see that I can be chilled and relaxed, and I'm a little bit more mature for my age.
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Muslims are ordinary members of the working public, just like you.
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I have to look at my career as 'it was what it was,' but I do wish there was more of it.
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I think we love watching rich people behave badly. It has a sort of grisly fascination for us.
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The literary aspect of the film business excites me, but show business in general doesn't take any mental giant.
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I played trumpet for about two weeks. Sixth grade. And I didn't practice. Maybe a little longer than two weeks, but I didn't practice and I was faking it.
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He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.
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I've got the best shoe guy in the business.
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I was in the U.S. about 15 years. Especially in New York. And then I came back to Japan.
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He becomes an appendage of the machine, and it is only the most simple, most monotonous, and most easily acquired knack, that is required of him. Hence, the cost of production of a workman is restricted, almost entirely, to the means of subsistence that he requires for his maintenance, and for the propagation of his race.
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Adventures do occur, but not punctually.
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Heaven unites again the links that Earth has broken!For on Earth so much is needed, but in Heaven Love is all!
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I am not gonna die because I failed as someone else. I am gonna succeed as myself. And I'm gonna stay here and rock the mike until the next Korean-American, fag hag, shit starter, girl comic, trash talker comes up and takes my place!
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Though there were over 200 policemen standing around, none of them made a move to grab him.
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There is a lot of kissing in 'Boeing-Boeing.' A lot! And not pecks on the cheek or lips - although there's some of that, too - but full-on, farcical lip locks. My poor husband. He definitely wasn't prepared for as much smooching as there is.
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'Night They Missed the Horror Show' is my signature story. It changed my life, so it remains my favorite.
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The person who wants nothing, hopes for nothing, and fears nothing can never be an artist.
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I am very traditional, and I am the disciplinarian.
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I love boxing and it did a lot for me. But sometimes it made me think how savage human beings could be to each other. That wasn't the kind of boxer I wanted to be. My strategy was to be as scientific as I could when I fought. I didn't want to be seriously hurt, and I didn't want to do that to anybody else either.
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There are these painterly things that happen while I'm working.
