James Turrell Quotes
Sometimes I'm kind of cranky coming to see something. I saw the Mona Lisa when it was in L.A., saw it for 13 seconds and had to move on.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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We assume in our daily lives that the world is both safe and sane. Otherwise, we could not carry on.
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I've been terrified of the water, and yet it seems I'm forced to go into in on every movie that I make.
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I'm attracted to stories that excite my imagination, stories that, as I'm reading the script, I feel it, I can see it, I can hear the characters. I'm attracted to characters that are real, that tap into something inside me that I haven't explored yet.
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I have a problem with cleaning. It's my release. I get up at 6 A.M. and clean and hoover and mop everything. Then I feel better.
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The way I perceive an album to sound and the way I put out mixtapes are two different energies. There's a different focus; there's a different sound.
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I hate being asked how I met my husband and very personal questions like that. I don't like that. People are too nosey. Intelligent questions I like, but sometimes people ask such silly, dopey ones.
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I have yet to see one completely unspoiled star, except for Lassie.
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Why should I say I will retire in three or four years? You retire the very moment you utter those words.
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You can't be a victim and heal.
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I think my track record speaks for myself... I have been endorsed by the African Union, but I am a prosecutor for 121 states parties and this is what I intend to be until the end of my mandate.
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The education of women is the best way to save the environment.
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It's OK to turn down stuff that isn't really interesting and spend the summer with my family.
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I haven't had an orthodox career.
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I lost my confidence.
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If you say John Smith is the greatest wrestler in Oklahoma history, now that's big.
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I love candy!
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I'm not a very typical singer.
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We grew up near a cinematheque in Cleveland, so we were very influenced by international cinema, the French New Wave, Italian neo-realists.
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Getting to do shows with Lady Antebellum, Keith Urban, and Sam Hunt is just awesome. It's so inspiring because I grew up such fans of Lady A and Keith, and to be able to sing my songs on the same stage as them and then stand side stage and watch them is just a really special thing.
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I think most of the people, once you see a Kiss show, you kinda get spoiled because I don't think there's anybody out there that's doing a bigger or a better show than us.
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Faith that doesn't affect your life isn't really faith.
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Sometimes I'm kind of cranky coming to see something. I saw the Mona Lisa when it was in L.A., saw it for 13 seconds and had to move on.
