Phil Klay Quotes
People should be able to tell stories that are important to them to try and understand what they mean. I don't think you figure anything out on your own. Certainly not war stories.
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I think artists are really the root of a tree. They can search for truth or reality in their own way, and the gallery can support them - the outside part of the tree, where it is more about reaching the outside world, connecting with the outside world. That is the role of the gallery, no? Why does the artist have to do that?
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Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.
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I've raised Michael. I changed his diapers when he was little.
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I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.
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Most Americans probably have no idea how hostile anti-abortion sidewalk counseling outside clinics can be. There's a reason pro-choicers volunteer to escort patients as they make their way past angry crowds to the clinic door.
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I think 'Tap Dogs' has lasted so long because people have a natural interest in tap dancing. This form of dancing can't be dated, it's such an intriguing form of dance because the feet are also an an instrument.
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Michael Jackson wanted to be in Men in Black II. He told me he had seen the first Men in Black in Paris and had stayed behind and sat there and wept. I had to explain to him that it was a comedy.
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Those darker sides, the things that we don't want to admit about ourselves - that's what excites me.
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I love to see a woman in a sexy, strappy sandal no matter what. It just looks beautiful.
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I've approached every character I've ever played with a poem, first and foremost.
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When liberty returns, I will return.
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Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.
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I also like to garden. I grow things, vegetables, flowers... I particularly like orchids. I raise orchids.
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When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.
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Spiritual formation is character formation. Everyone gets a spiritual formation. It's like education. Everyone gets an education; it's just a matter of which one you get.
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I'm always nervous doing auditions - to be honest, I hate it. I always envy the actors who are so cool and cold-blooded when they go in for an audition, especially if it's for a part that you would really love to play.
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The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.
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I don't see my dancing or acting as two separate things. I don't define them separately, so I can't say one has helped the other, It's all the same thing. More than anything I love being on stage and performing.
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Common participation in the Eucharist can only be a final outcome of ecumenic dialogue, not the starting point.
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I think a lot of us who grew up in Northern Ireland weren't politicised enough, frankly.
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I like the way I look in a suit, and I wish I owned more. Actually, I wish I owned suits that fit me, I should say. You can buy off the rack and think, 'Oh, this is perfect.' But then you get a tailor-made suit for you, and it's a whole different animal. You don't just look good in a suit, you feel good in a suit.
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I kind of just lost track of laps. I couldn't hear a split. It was just so loud in here everyone was going nuts. I sort of felt like I was a little tired and I said, the people in front of me seem like they are falling off the lead pack a little bit. I should probably make a move. I hear ding, ding, ding, ding and I thought "oh crap! I've really got to go, I've got a lot left.
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It's really funny because the same people who loved me as Stringer Bell were the same people that were watching 'Daddy's Little Girls' literally in tears.
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People should be able to tell stories that are important to them to try and understand what they mean. I don't think you figure anything out on your own. Certainly not war stories.
