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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I think the next little bit of excitement is flying. I hope I am not too old to take it up seriously, nor too stupid about machines to qualify as a commercial pilot. I do not feel like spending the rest of my life writing books that no one will read. It is not as though I wanted to write them.
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Readers let me know that they like books that have more to them than meets the eye. Had they not let me know that, I never would have written 'The View From Saturday.'
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Not too many years ago, both parties acknowledged that our entitlement commitments were a sword hanging over our heads. But when President George W. Bush tried to begin discussions on Social Security reform, Democrats ridiculed and demonized him and told seniors he was after their nest eggs.
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Art is something special because it can come up with a way of approaching the truth that is a little to the side.
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I moved to Holland because I wanted to see American art.
