James Rosenquist Quotes
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I am an American citizen born in Kuwait of Egyptian parents. I grew up in Great Britain, Malaysia, and Egypt and have lived in the United States since 1965, when I was seventeen.
Feisal Abdul Rauf -
I made up 'Badlands'; anything I say, goes. I came to realize I was materializing a metaphor for my mental state.
Halsey -
I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
N. Scott Momaday -
I have often said one of the reasons more blacks don't support Republicans is because they don't trust the GOP establishment.
J. C. Watts -
I consider The O.C. as my college. It was four years and I made friends who I'll have forever.
Adam Brody -
We are evolving as one species - not only as Americans, Syrians, Russians, Chinese, and jihadists. We cannot attack one without inflicting forms of violence and destruction upon ourselves. This is our new reality.
Gary Zukav
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I'm not such a nuisance to the world, and the kick I get out of living can, I suppose, justify the impositions I make on it. But when life isn't so fun, well, then I start to wonder. What's the point of going on if it's just trouble for us both? My friends will miss me, I am told.
Aaron Swartz -
My grandfather would live to see his children become doctors and ministers, accounts and professors.
Rand Paul -
I'm probably proudest of being able to lift a lot of us out of the 'hood. That's the biggest thing, that I've been able to employ a lot of people and give them opportunities.
Queen Latifah -
What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.
Lady Gregory -
In the late '70s, I was falling into the middle lane. I was way too country to be rock, and way too rock to be a country act.
Carlene Carter -
I started classes and it wasn't because I was like, 'I want to be an actor!' - I was really interested in the theory of what acting can be and what it's about. It's all about living in the moment and kind of being present, which is something that at that time in my life I really wanted to explore.
Caity Lotz
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I'm in no way suggesting that my opinion matters more than anyone else's, of course, but the only thing that bothers me is apathy. People that sit out of the process and complain about it, or pretend that politics isn't a part of their everyday lives.
Olivia Wilde -
I love performing outside because it's as if the heavens are open and the elements become part of the stage show as well - you know, the wind and the rain and the thunder. It's almost as if there's a sense of invocation in performance.
Florence Welch Florence and the Machine -
I'm not a god - I do bad things.
Jackie Chan -
It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong.
Wendell Willkie -
Life is much shorter than I imagined it to be.
Abraham Cahan -
It was great to be the rock comic, the shock comic. But after you've played Giants Stadium with Bon Jovi in front of 82,000 people, after you've done the 'Wild Thing' video with Jessica Hahn and every rock band from hell, you're not gonna top that.
Sam Kinison
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The believing man hath the Holy Ghost; and where the Holy Ghost dwelleth, He will not suffer a man to be idle, butstirreth him up to all exercises of piety and godliness, and of true religion, to the love of God, to the patient suffering of afflictions, to prayer, to thanksgiving, and the exercise of charity towards all men.
Martin Luther -
I hate to sound like Julie the cruise director but it's people that I think about all the time.
Bruce McCulloch -
Oh some I know! I have embalmed the days,Even the sacred moments when we played,All innocent of passion, uncorrupt,At noon and evening in the flame-heart’s shade.
Claude McKay -
At my age, I dare say I've kind of established myself, and I don't have to chase a paycheck.
Chris Cooper -
Who might or might not be my opponent on the other side of the aisle, I'll just wait and see how it plays out.
Eliot Spitzer -
I hate getting old, but I'm sticking with it!
James Rosenquist