James Turrell Quotes
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I remember in the '80s, Randy Travis was my guy. He's the reason I moved to Nashville, and I just loved him. But at some point when he was winning everything, you find yourself pulling for other people.
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My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly.
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No one knows anything about the fashion industry in Brazil. They don't care what you do. They just want the beach and the sun and the fun. I feel the freest and the happiest there.
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It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.
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Jack Black is so funny! On and off screen, like, he would make you laugh every day. He's hilarious.
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How come I love having an episode of deja vu? It's akin to an out-of-body experience, I would think. It sits with me, happily, begging me to delve into my memory to find its match point.
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In many college classes, laptops depict split screens - notes from a class, and then a range of parallel stimulants: NBA playoff statistics on ESPN.com, a flight home on Expedia, a new flirtation on Facebook.
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I don't want to be just an average guy. I want to do whatever possible to win a lot of games. I'm a competitor.
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I study a lot of philosophy. I want to be an example of how to enjoy this success, and that's exactly what I've done. I've enjoyed every moment.
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I don't know that you can put a label on growth. I'm just me.
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The first five albums I did, I tried a little bit of everything. I was trying not to conform at all.
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Building advanced AI is like launching a rocket. The first challenge is to maximize acceleration, but once it starts picking up speed, you also need to focus on steering.
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Direction coupling between the various radiations generated in a nuclear reaction both with one another and with the initiating radiation can also be detected and measured by coincidences; this provides valuable information about the structure of the atomic nuclei.
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The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours.
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The success of the storytellers - we're only as good as what we can withhold from the audience. Aspects of surprise and letting things play out for the audience - it's so much a part of their enjoyment. It's one of the great things about working in the movies and being a great storyteller.
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It's like I'm basically an artist. I'm no different from a painter who sits there and loves what he does.
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We go fish, we also catch fighting fish, looking for birds and it was for kampong people, the paddy field was our the play field for the children.
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I do truly believe that the smallest stories can wind up being the biggest because it's through the specific that a writer can best access the universal.
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Men do not mirror themselves in running water; they mirror themselves in still water.
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I thought I was going to be on Broadway. I thought, 'I'm going to do theater.'
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Fate is a quantity very much like TV: an unstoppable narrative, written, produced and directed by somebody else.
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I've had a mentality that I can do anything, I've never put limitations on myself
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Sometimes I'd have breakfast in Guatemala and go to sleep in Mexico.
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It's really terrific to see Pittsburgh recognize the Mattress Factory.
