James Turrell Quotes
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To the poet fated to be a poet, self-expression is as natural and as involuntary as breathing is to us ordinary mortals.
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I know what feels good to eat and what doesn't. I try to err on the side of choices I know will leave me feeling more energized and ready to go, because it's always better to feel healthy.
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The horror genre is not my favorite. I think it's fun, there's a great place for it and I get a kick out of it, but some stuff I'm too old for. You can't just take 10 guys and stick them in a cabin and off them one at a time - I'm not vested.
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Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
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A man is what he thinks about all day long.
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So at the end of the day, our number 1 goal, our top priority, is to motivate American youngsters to reject the abuse of illegal drugs, tobacco and alcohol. All three of them are illegal behaviors.
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Sandy Koufax went to the same school as me. I graduated two years ahead of Sandy.
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When you're a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls - you want to get the most girls. You don't know anything about respect; you don't know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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I eat a lot of chocolate.
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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about.
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If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.
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What a pity human beings can't exchange problems. Everyone knows exactly how to solve the other fellow's.
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Selectors can't please everyone, but I am OK if they are working for the benefit of Indian cricket. It's an administrative decision to appoint a selection committee, and I would like to let them do their job.
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I suppose I am one: an activist - for animals and a vegan lifestyle. I hear that word, however, and look around to see if someone is indeed referring to me.
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Lawmakers misrepresent the facts when they call the manufacturing deduction known as Section 199 - passed by Congress in 2004 to spur domestic job growth - a 'subsidy' for oil and gas firms. The truth is that all U.S. manufacturers, from software producers to filmmakers and coffee roasters, are eligible for this deduction.
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I could enjoy the life that I had by virtue of the educational attainment that my grandparents and parents had pursued. Education was always incredibly valued in our family.
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My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.
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It is always your next move.
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I am and always will be an HRH. But out of personal choice I like to be called William because that is my name and I want people to call me William - for now.
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I never saw anything that would qualify as a criminal activity.
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I grew up in Skaneateles, a small town in New York's Finger Lakes region, where parts of my family have lived for five generations. I can walk the streets there and point out my father's childhood home, the houses my grandfather built, the farm where my great-great-uncle worked after he emigrated from England in the 1880s.
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If you can't go through it, find a way around it. Don't spend all your time banging your head.
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If you just add all the time, add more and more light, it loses its meaning.
