James Rosenquist Quotes
You live till you die, and that's the end of it. What good is your legacy when you are dead? I worry about being alive, selling work, having fun, moving and doing things when I am alive.
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Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself.
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You set your goals to a point where they're attainable, but far enough away that you have to really go get them. And every year I push my goals a little bit farther away, and every year I work a little bit harder to get them.
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It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
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Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.
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Secretly, I think everyone who makes fun of California really does want to be in California.
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I've matured since joining United, on and off the field.
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I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
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I studied chord theory and started playing the piano.
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Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.
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I have seen life from the top down and the bottom up. I know how it looks both ways. And I know there is wisdom and that there is hope.
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You make your mistakes to learn how to get to the good stuff.
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We're never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.
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I believe that blues and jazz are the two uniquely American contributions into music.
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If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors.
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I definitely want to be an inspiration or a role model for all the little girls out there or anyone out there that wants to break stereotypes. I feel like I'm breaking stereotypes with what I'm doing. I'm not the typical fighter, and there's a lot of people out there that won't do something just because they don't fit the stereotype.
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We should all love animals.
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At home, I dedicate occasional whole days to reading as if I'm a convalescent. The ideal place for this is the bath, where the body floats free. Books go a little wavy, but they're mine, so who cares.
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'Frida' was a joy; this was delicious, I couldn't wait every day to get to the set, although I was exhausted, and have my leg get cut off or lose the baby or be in her shoes and get to play my hero and be able to go places emotionally. You know, we live for parts like this. This is a dream for an actor.
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You can't live for a moment that may not happen. You need to live in the moment.
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I am actually a very unspeaking person. I'm not really good in social situations. People expect me to be more outgoing. I don't know why. They think I have this kind of assurance.
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When you think about the complexity of our natural world - plants using quantum mechanics for photosynthesis, for example - a smartphone begins to look like a pretty dumb object.
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I could easily escape to a hotel for a weekend and do absolutely nothing.
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Chancellor [Angela] Merkel is perhaps the only leader left among our closest allies that was there when I arrived. So in some ways we are now the veterans of many challenges over the last eight years.
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You live till you die, and that's the end of it. What good is your legacy when you are dead? I worry about being alive, selling work, having fun, moving and doing things when I am alive.
