James Frey Quotes
There are no categories in contemporary art. There are no rules. Artists are given the freedom to make and create whatever they please and call it whatever they please. I identify with that system, or lack of system, much more than I do the landscape of contemporary publishing.
Quotes to Explore
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I haven't done Vine in a long time, and when I first started, I just did stuff that I thought was funny.
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I write 'Broad City,' so I connect it to me.
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I am not an enemy of the Negro. We want him here among us; he is the only laboring class we have.
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Biggie was a lyrical genius: he was a musical painter with words. As he rapped, you would see the picture come to life as you heard his story. You hear a lot of rappers rap; you hear a lot of singers sing, but you don't see the movie in your head the way you do when you hear Biggie rap.
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That attitude and toughness that we want to play with, that, to me, is the most critical thing.
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You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
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I try to do my best.
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Sure, 'Les Miserables' can be melodramatic. And seeing the musical instead of reading the novel will save you some time and spare you the long part where Hugo goes on and on about the Parisian sewer system. But I would hate for the novel to lose that.
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The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.
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A core part of Teach For America's mission has always been affecting positive change in the traditional public school system.
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My father taught me photography. It was his hobby, and we had a small darkroom in the fruit cellar of our basement. It was the kind of makeshift darkroom that was only dark at night.
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My favorite soundtrack is 'Avatar.' It's the best thing in the world. I love it.
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I want to tour, everywhere I can, all of the world.
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I use Graf Edmonton for boots and John Wilson blades.
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I remember the day I found out my draft status. I was really floored and kind of staggered around in a daze. It just hadn't occurred to me that I could end up in Vietnam.
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I was not really as good as I should have been.
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Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it was actually verified.
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My father and mother were second cousins, though they did not meet till shortly before their marriage.
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I believe in breakfast. It's the one meal that my kids usually eat without a fuss, so that's huge. As for myself, I can't function without it, and I see it as a great way to get some healthy greens in, some coffee, and on a good day, maybe even some news of the world via the newspaper.
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Peace is not enough, they must also be content.
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Use no superfluous word, no adjective, which does not reveal something. Don't use such an expression as 'dim land of peace.' It dulls the image. It mixes an abstraction with the concrete. It comes from the writer's not realizing that the natural object is always the adequate symbol. Go in fear of abstraction.
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Mel H. Buffalo, an advisor to the Samson Cree band in Hobbema, Alberta, reported that 'every Indian person I've spoken to who attended these schools has a story of mental, physical or sexual abuse to relate.'
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The one true mark of a saint of God is the inner creativity that flows from being totally surrendered to Jesus Christ.
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There are no categories in contemporary art. There are no rules. Artists are given the freedom to make and create whatever they please and call it whatever they please. I identify with that system, or lack of system, much more than I do the landscape of contemporary publishing.
