Emily Carr Quotes
The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm a Muslim. I don't try to hide it. I'm also a girl who loves music.
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The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.
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One of the big things I've learned is that there's an advantage to regular low-intensity activity.
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Even a cock crows over his own dunghill.
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I do not deal with threats and ultimatums.
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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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The older I get, the more I realize the importance of maintaining an even temperament - not getting too emotional, focusing on the task at hand. You don't want to make a business deal based on your emotions.
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The position is: the Gaelic language is no longer the native language; it is dead, yet food is being brought to the graveyard.
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The first time you meet someone, the conversation is sort of on life support. You're just trying to live another moment in the life of the conversation.
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The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.
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I love children. I just don't know if I'm ready to have kids. I feel like I have more time. Kids are cute, you know? They need a lot of help - that's the thing.
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My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.
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Congress is attempting to eviscerate women's health care. Like many women across America, I am outraged.
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Im not your biggest girly girl.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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I didn't grow up with a mother, so I don't have that resource to rely on and ask a million questions.
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I did one touring show with Horatio Sanz. We went to, I think it was Iowa State University, and we were in this field house, so people were sitting on the floor. It started out with 2,500 people in there. We delivered the most mediocre improv, and it went from a crowd of 2,500 to 250 people in the course of 45 minutes. It was grim.
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That's what I care about most. That more people are making and more people feel like they are creative.
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Please, please, please - I would love to do some comedy. Once you have a reputation for one thing - in my case, crying and dying - you are typecast.
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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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You achieve the surreal jokes through the realism by making it elastic.
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The effectiveness of political and religious propaganda depends upon the methods employed, not upon the doctrines taught. These doctrines may be true or false, wholesome or pernicious-it makes little or no difference.
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The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion.
