Dries van Noten Quotes
For me, restrictions are not always negative. Restrictions can push creativity. I like restrictions.
Quotes to Explore
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Both chronic, long-term poverty and downward mobility from the middle class are in the same category of things that America likes not to think about.
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And, sure, if you have a political point of view, you have every right to share it. But you have to be careful not to get too self-important. You have to find the balance between being entertaining and being preachy.
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The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
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Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.
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The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal.
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A lot of people will call me nuts or crazy, but I've always been pretty stable. By some people's standards, I might be crazy. But I realize that I'm not going to harm anyone, and the only place that I live is within my own universe, really - so it's O.K.
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If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.
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I've been in the room or watched artists walk in who don't write, and you can't figure out what they really want.
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Most of the time I spend when I get up in the morning is trying to figure out what is going to happen.
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Well, I like chocolate stuff; I don't like any of that other gross sugary candy.
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Singing and dancing is not just for the cast of 'Glee'. We can wake up doing both and have it be a natural expression of who we are.
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I have a very musical family from my Scottish roots.
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I asked my mother could I have an instrument. She said, 'Well if you go out and save your money.' So I went and got - I made me a shine box. I went out and started shining shoes, and I'd bring whatever I made.
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And now comes Pete Martell in Twin Peaks and he's just a nice guy.
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My tools, my medium, include pictures and live actors.
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In a higher phase of communist society... only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois right be fully left behind and society inscribe on its banners: from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.
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No matter what, I've always been an optimistic person.
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The crew, like all Italian crews, was generous, warm, and enthusiastic.
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Although low inflation is generally good, inflation that is too low can pose risks to the economy - especially when the economy is struggling.
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Creativity is not the property of artists alone. It's a basic element of the human character, no matter what culture you're in, no matter where you are on Earth or in history.
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I try to manage my day by my circadian rhythms because the creativity is such an elusive thing, and I could easily just stomp over it doing my administrative stuff.
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You have to listen to adversaries and keep looking for that point beyond which it's against their interests to keep on disagreeing or fighting.
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My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I know George Eliot better than I know my husband.
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For me, restrictions are not always negative. Restrictions can push creativity. I like restrictions.
