James Turrell Quotes
I know that science is very interested in answers, and I'm just happy with a good question.
Quotes to Explore
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Containment, as everyone will recall, was a rough plan for stopping the Communists any time they crossed a certain line dividing our half of the world from theirs.
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I just want to stay creative, share my ideas and see where it all leads.
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I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American.
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You can't just let nature run wild.
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Television is democracy at its ugliest.
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We hope the stories of the 14 kids in 'American High' provide something for many people to relate to.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.
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Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
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I definitely associate music with color. For example, my first record has a red cover but it is totally green and blue to me.
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The taps with the bat on the spikes are one for my grandmother, one for my grandfather, one for my little sister. Then the one on the helmet is showing faith in God that I can do it.
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Me and my brothers started a musical group early on, and we were playing in places where we really weren't supposed to be.
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The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing.
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There's a good deal in common between the mind's eye and the TV screen, and though the TV set has all too often been the boobtube, it could be, it can be, the box of dreams.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.
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I placed over a thousand deaf people in jobs throughout my career working for the deaf.
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Growing up, I had a terrible pudding-bowl haircut. I used to cut it myself, and I'd sew my own clothing, too. I looked a little strange compared to the other kids. But the thing was, I felt I looked amazing, so what other people thought never bothered me.
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You can't take a kid from north Alabama and growing up in church - some of that is just gonna seep out.
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The military is a machine of war. Not a law enforcement agency.
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A creep is someone who claims he's one thing but he's actually another.
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I'm the first to admit that I can't be as good as Tolkien, and a movie can never be as good as Tolkien.
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Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really good one, and even those that are most tolerable are arbitrary, cruel, grasping and unintelligent.
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I know that science is very interested in answers, and I'm just happy with a good question.
