Marlene Dumas Quotes
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I think a lot of young girls see actresses, and they think of red carpets, and they think of 'Us Weekly,' and they don't really think about the breaking down of a script and what that requires and what you would need to pull it off.
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Not a lot of people get to go to the Olympics - especially with the chance I've got.
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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
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It's really hard for me, every day, to confront my writing. It never gets easier over time.
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When I got back to Madison Avenue, I realized that copywriters made more than artists, so I switched.
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It's important for any artist - particularly female artists - to feel completely comfortable and to know what they're trying to do.
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In captivity, one loses every way of acting over little details which satisfy the essentials of life. Everything has to be asked for: permission to go to the toilet, permission to ask a guard something, permission to talk to another hostage - to brush your teeth, use toilet paper, everything is a negotiation.
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Me and my dad are kind of distant since my mom and him separated.
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For many people, managing pain involves using prescription medicine in combination with complementary techniques like physical therapy, acupuncture, yoga and massage. I appreciate this because I truly believe medical care should address the person as a whole - their mind, body, and spirit.
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If you employ an army, have money, bombard cyberspace with misinformation, innocent people tend to buy it.
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Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken away because he wore it. Here endeth the lesson.
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Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.
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Eazy-E is going to remain Eazy-E. But I will not portray Compton as a bad city.
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Musical theater is one of my passions.
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I am never without my lyric book. If anything inspirational happens, I have it there so nothing's forgotten.
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I am not going to talk about my personal life anymore. You have to learn that lesson sometime.
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Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.
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Athletes these days are too robotic. People like to see performances filled with emotion. In my career I tried to be amusing, to differentiate myself from the other champions.
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The clue to happiness is being interested in life. People's happiness is as great as they can create it.
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It is possible to get an education at a university. It has been done; not often.
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I put the girl’s teeth shaped like my mother’s teeth into my own mouth and on her teeth I chewed until I heard my own teeth in my head breaking and I swallowed and I smiled.
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Only utopian liberals could be surprised that the Nazis were art connoisseurs.
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Living the dream is simply a form of living out your passion, of making that passion gradually, through persistence and effort, a central part of your life.
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I moved to Holland because I wanted to see American art.
